Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2009-02-27
J. Math. Phys. 50:103503 (2009)
Physics
Mathematical Physics
30 pages, 1 figure, to be published in JMP, relation to standard approach added, appendix added, proofs enhanced, typos correc
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3202415
In the framework of perturbative Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (pAQFT), recently introduced by Brunetti, Duetsch and Fredenhagen, I give a general construction of so-called "Euclidean time-ordered products", i.e. algebraic versions of the Schwinger functions, for scalar quantum field theories on spaces of Euclidean signature. This is done by generalizing the recursive construction of time-ordered products by Epstein and Glaser, originally formulated for quantum field theories on Minkowski space (MQFT). An essential input of Epstein-Glaser renormalization is the causal structure of Minkowski space. The absence of this causal structure in the Euclidean framework makes it necessary to modify the original construction of Epstein and Glaser at two points. First, the whole construction has to be performed with an only partially defined product on (interaction-) functionals. This is due to the fact that the fundamental solutions of the Helmholtz operator of EQFT have a unique singularity structure, i.e. they are unique up to a smooth part. Second, one needs to (re-)introduce a (rather natural) "Euclidean causality" condition for the recursion of Epstein and Glaser to be applicable.
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