THE NATURE OF THE AXIOMS OF RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
The formulation of field theories by means of Wightman functions is studied. It is shown that, given two field theories that satisfy all the axioms, one can construct a family of Wightmsn fields with the same properties by a process of superposition of Wightman functions. The condition of unitarity is formulated without reference to asymptotic conditions, and it is proved that the Wightman fields constructed by the superposition process (starting with "unitary" fields) fail to preserve unitarity. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Rochester, N.Y. Univ.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-020295
- OSTI ID:
- 4055770
- Report Number(s):
- NYO-9687
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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