The Timelike Tube Theorem in Curved Spacetime

Alexander Strohmaier, Edward Witten

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Abstract

The timelike tube theorem asserts that in quantum field theory without gravity, the algebra of observables in an open set U is the same as the corresponding algebra of observables in its “timelike envelope” E(U), which is an open set that is in general larger. The theorem was originally proved in the 1960’s by Borchers and Araki for quantum fields in Minkowski space. Here we sketch the proof of a version of the theorem for quantum fields in a general real analytic spacetime. Details have appeared elsewhere.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number153
JournalCommunications In Mathematical Physics
Volume405
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2024
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Mathematical Physics

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