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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - QUEST (Quantum Algebraic Structures and Models)

Teaser

Summary

What is the problem/issue being addressed?
The basic problem in the project is to understand the mathematical structure of Quantum Field Theory (QFT). On one hands one wants to understand the relevant mathematical language, develop it and bring back new results in Physics; on the other hands one wants to set up more rigorous mathematical models for QFT, starting from the simpler, low spacetime context. The main mathematical methods concern Operator Algebras.

Why is it important for society?
The project concerns basic science and points towards a deeper understanding of the fundamental structure associated to particle Physics. At the same time, this provides a crucial indication on the important mathematical methods to develop. The reached higher level of knowledge is a strong tool at disposal for solving not only the present physical problems; the mathematical advances are expected to be applied in different contexts, e.g. Quantum Information Theory that actually is an Objectives of the Project, sometimes in an unpredictable way.

What are the overall objectives?
Quantum Field Theory is an evolution of Quantum Mechanics that deals with arbitrarily many particles with interactions and particle creation/annihilation. The construction of non-trivial QFT models that are rigorous from the mathematical view point is one of the most important scientific challenge in the mathematical physics framework. The overall objective of the project is to gain a deeper insight in the fundamental mathematical structure associated with QFT.

Work performed

Among other results, the project has so far uncovered the structure of Boundary Conformal QFT on the two-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, pointing out the tensor categorical structure and providing a constructive methods to realize the different boundary condition.
Other important advances in the project concerns the relations with different mathematical approaches to QFT, as Vertex Algebras, Scattering matrices and Noncommutative Geometry.

Final results

Main advances concern in particular the Minkowskian description and model constructions of Boundary Conformal QFT, the first construction QFT models with minimal length, conditions to construct a Vertex Algebra from a Local Conformal Net and back, the description of the localized states associated with infinite spin particles, showing that states localized in a bounded spacetime regions do not exist.