From Classical Field Theory to Perturbative Quantum Field Theory

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Dütsch
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Classical Field Theory ◽  
Classical Field ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Perturbative Quantum ◽  
Perturbative Quantum Field Theory

scholarly journals The relation between quantum and classical field theory with a classical source

2020 ◽  
Vol 476 (2243) ◽  
pp. 20200656
Author(s):  
S. A. Fulling ◽  
A. G. S. Landulfo ◽  
G. E. A. Matsas
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Classical Field Theory ◽  
Classical Field ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Schwarzschild Solution ◽  
Classical Source ◽  
Time Quantum ◽  
Perturbative Quantum ◽  
Classical Picture

Classical field theory is about fields and how they behave in space–time. Quantum field theory, in practice, usually seems to be about particles and how they scatter. Nevertheless, classical fields must emerge from quantum field theory in appropriate limits, and Michael Duff showed how this happens for the Schwarzschild solution in perturbative quantum gravity. In a series of papers, we and others have shown how classical radiation from an accelerated charge emerges from quantum field theory when the Unruh thermal effect is taken into account. Here, we sharpen those conclusions by showing that, even at finite times, the quantum picture is meaningful and is in close agreement with the classical picture.

Renormalization of quantum field theory on Riemannian manifolds

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (06) ◽  
pp. 1950017
Author(s):  
Nguyen Viet Dang ◽  
Estanislao Herscovich
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Local Method ◽  
Open Set ◽  
Perturbative Quantum ◽  
Perturbative Quantum Field Theory

In this paper, we provide a simple pedagogical proof of the existence of covariant renormalizations in Euclidean perturbative quantum field theory on closed Riemannian manifolds, following the Epstein–Glaser philosophy. We rely on a local method that allows us to extend a distribution defined on an open set [Formula: see text] to the whole manifold [Formula: see text].

MASSEY–MILNOR LINKING = CHERN–SIMONS–WITTEN GRAPHS

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (07) ◽  
pp. 877-903 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUN-CHUNG HSIEH
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Configuration Space ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Perturbative Quantum ◽  
Perturbative Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Configuration Space Integrals

We express the first non-vanishing Massey–Milnor linkings in terms of Chern–Simons–Witten configuration space integrals in perturbative quantum field theory.

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