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For questions about mathematical problems arising from quantum field theory, the branch of physics which describes subatomic particles and their interactions in terms of perturbations of the corresponding scalar, vector or tensor fields.
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QFT and mathematical rigor
One way to approach QFT in mathematical terms is provided by the so-called Gårding-Wightman axioms, which defines in rigorous mathematical terms what a quantum field theory is supposed to be. If I'm n …
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Axiomatic QFT, the reconstruction theorem and functional integrals
Before posting my question, let me make some remarks:
[MS] Salmhofer's book on renormalization begins with a nice discussion on Feynman's path integral. At some point, the author states the following: …
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Is there a general theory for Wilsonian renormalization?
I know that Wilson's renormalization group is not a theory per se and that there are many ways to implement it in a given system. Also, renormalization group techniques are applied in a large number o …
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Is $C^{*}$-algebra the most modern way to study QFT?
I am not an expert on either QFT or $C^{*}$-algebras, but I'm trying to learn the basics of QFT. In all books/papers and other materials that I know, QFT is studied mainly using a lot of functional an …
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From the conceptual idea of the RG to its actual implementation
Everytime I want to understand a little more about the ideas behind Renormalization Group techniques, I get troubled by a gap between the general picture one usually presents (e.g. in books or pedagog …
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Rigorous construction of fermionic field theory?
In section X.7 of Reed & Simon's book there is a nice rigorous construction of the free scalar field theory which applies to the Klein-Gordon field.
Question: Are there references which discuss, in an …
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Creation and annihilation operators in QFT
As I said before, I'm not a QFT expert but I'm trying to understand the basics of its rigorous formulation.
Let's take Dimock's book, where the foundation of QM and QFT is discussed. If we consider, s …
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Two questions about Fock spaces
Let $\mathscr{H}$ be a complex Hilbert space and denote $\mathscr{H}_{n}$ the tensor product $\overbrace{\mathscr{H}\otimes\cdots\otimes\mathscr{H}}^{\text{n}}$. Denote by $\Pi_{\pm}$ the projection o …
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Explicit form of this unitary transformation
Disclaimer: This question has its motivation from physics. It is probably not entirely rigorous at the moment. I just want to clarify some steps and try to make the arguments rigorous afterwards, if p …
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Reformulation - Construction of thermodynamic limit for GFF
I've posted a question about the thermodynamic limit for Gaussian Free Fields (GFF) a couple days ago and I haven't got any answers yet but I kept thinking about it and I thought it would be better to …
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A set of questions on continuous Gaussian Free Fields (GFF)
As I said in my previous posts, I'm trying to teach myself some rigorous statistical mechanics/statistical field theory and I'm primarily interested in $\varphi^{4}$, but I know that the absense of th …
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Can Fock spaces be replaced by arbitrary Hilbert spaces under some hypothesis to justify pat...
I was reading this post from PSE and it reminded me an old question of mine, in which the use of creation and annihilation operators were discussed. Both questions got answers which agreed on the fact …
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How can one recover/obtain information from the renormalization group procedure?
I know the basic idea behind the renormalization group approach as it is used in mathematical physics to study both QFT and statistical mechanics. However, I have trouble understanding how can one rec …
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QFT and its notations
I know hardly anything about quantum field theory (QFT) but I'm giving a try to understand some ideas of it. As far as I understand, in QFT one is interested in studying measures such as:
\begin{eqnar …
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Representations of the Lorentz group
The first few lines of this post is based on this lecture notes, but similar expositions can be found in other physics books such as Peskin & Schroeder's book.
On chapter 8 of the linked notes, the au …