Completeness principle and quantum field theory on nonglobally hyperbolic spacetimes

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1999-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9903046v1

Grav.Cosmol. 9 (2003) 249-255

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

revtex, Submitted to Phys. Rev. D

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We analyse in details the problems which one faces trying to quantize a scalar field on the spacelike cylinder being the simple example of a spacetime with closed timelike curves. Our analysis brings to light the fact that the usual set of positive and negative frequency solutions of the field equation turns out to be incomplete. The consequence of this fact is that the usual formulation of quantum field theory breaks down on such a spacetime. We postulate the completeness principle and build on its basis the modified quantization procedure. As an example, the Hadamard function and $<\phi^2>$ for the scalar field on the spacelike cylinder are calculated. It is shown that the ``naive'' method of images gives the same results of calculation.

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