The S-matrix in Schrodinger representation for curved spacetimes in general boundary quantum field theory

JOURNAL OF GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS

卷:114

Article

Colosi, Daniele¹  Dohse, Max² 

[1] UNAM, Unidad Morelia, Escuela Nacl Estudios Super, Campus Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico

[2] Univ Michoacana, Inst Fis & Matemat IFM UMSNH, Edificio C-3,Ciudad Univ, Morelia 58040, Michoacan, Mexico

关键词: S-matrix;    Curved spacetime;    Schrodinger representation;    General Boundary Formulation;    Feynman propagator;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.geomphys.2016.11.023

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We use the General Boundary Formulation (GBF) of Quantum Field Theory to compute the S-matrix for a general interacting scalar field in a wide class of curved spacetimes. As a by-product we obtain the general expression of the Feynman propagator for the scalar field, defined in the following three types of spacetime regions. First, there are the familiar interval regions (e.g. a time interval times all of space). Second, we consider the rod hypercylinder regions (all of time times a solid ball in space). Third, the tube hypercylinders (all of time times a solid shell in space) are related to interval regions, and result from removing a smaller rod from a concentric larger one. Using the Schrodinger representation for the quantum states combined with Feynman's path integral quantization, we obtain the S-matrix as the asymptotic limit of the GBF amplitude associated with finite interval, and rod regions. For interval regions, whose boundary consists of two Cauchy surfaces, the asymptotic GBF-amplitude becomes the standard S-matrix. Our work generalizes previous results (obtained in Minkowski, Rindler, de Sitter, and Anti de Sitter spacetimes) to a wide class of curved spacetimes. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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