Precanonical Structure of the Schrödinger Wave Functional of a Quantum Scalar Field in Curved Space-Time

The functional Schrödinger representation of a nonlinear scalar quantum field theory in curved space-time is shown to emerge as a singular limit from the formulation based on precanonical quantization. The previously established relationship between the functional Schrödinger repre...

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Main Author: Igor V. Kanatchikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/11/11/1413
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Summary:The functional Schr&#246;dinger representation of a nonlinear scalar quantum field theory in curved space-time is shown to emerge as a singular limit from the formulation based on precanonical quantization. The previously established relationship between the functional Schr&#246;dinger representation and precanonical quantization is extended to arbitrary curved space-times. In the limiting case when the inverse of the ultraviolet parameter <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mo>ϰ</mo> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula> introduced by precanonical quantization is mapped to the infinitesimal invariant spatial volume element, the canonical functional derivative Schr&#246;dinger equation is derived from the manifestly covariant partial derivative precanonical Schr&#246;dinger equation. The Schr&#246;dinger wave functional is expressed as the trace of the multidimensional spatial product integral of Clifford-algebra-valued precanonical wave function or the product integral of a scalar function obtained from the precanonical wave function by a sequence of transformations. In non-static space-times, the transformations include a nonlocal transformation given by the time-ordered exponential of the zero-th component of spin-connection.
ISSN:2073-8994