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Wick Rotation and the Positivity of Energy in Quantum Field Theory

Author(s) -

Maxim Kontsevich,

Graeme Segal

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the quarterly journal of mathematics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.922

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1464-3847

pISSN - 0033-5606

DOI - 10.1093/qmath/haab027

Subject(s) - unitary state , axiom , partition function (quantum field theory) , domain (mathematical analysis) , quantum field theory , mathematics , boundary (topology) , field (mathematics) , pure mathematics , quantum , function (biology) , theoretical physics , physics , quantum mechanics , mathematical physics , mathematical analysis , geometry , evolutionary biology , political science , law , biology

We propose a new axiom system for unitary quantum field theories on curved space-time backgrounds, by postulating that the partition function and the correlators extend analytically to a certain domain of complex-valued metrics. Ordinary Riemannian metrics are contained in the allowable domain, while Lorentzian metrics lie on its boundary.

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