Complex structures and quantum representations for scalar QFT in curved spacetimes

Abstract

We confirm the equivalence of the Schrödinger representation and the holomorphic one, based on previous results of the General Boundary Formulation (GBF) of quantum field theory. On a wide class of curved spacetimes, we consider real Klein-Gordon theory in two types of regions: interval regions (consisting e.g. of a time interval times all of space), and rod regions (a solid ball of space extended over all of time). Using mode expansions, we provide explicit expressions for the Schrödinger vacuum (which determines this representation) and for the corresponding complex structure on the space of classical solutions (which determines the holomorphic representation). For both representations we give the corresponding coherent states and calculate the generalized free transition amplitudes of the GBF, which coincide and hence confirm the equivalence of the two representations. We also transcribe the complex structure to phase space and show that it agrees with earlier results.

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