On infravacua and superselection theory

DOI10.1063/1.532454zbMath0935.81043arXivhep-th/9704212OpenAlexW2149131198MaRDI QIDQ4701604

Walter Kunhardt

Publication date: 21 November 1999

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9704212

zbMATH Keywords

superselection sectorsenergy-momentum spectrum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50)

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