Algebraic field theory operads and linear quantization
arXiv:1809.05319 · doi:10.1007/s11005-019-01195-7
Abstract
We generalize the operadic approach to algebraic quantum field theory [arXiv:1709.08657] to a broader class of field theories whose observables on a spacetime are algebras over any single-colored operad. A novel feature of our framework is that it gives rise to adjunctions between different types of field theories. As an interesting example, we study an adjunction whose left adjoint describes the quantization of linear field theories. We also analyze homotopical properties of the linear quantization adjunction for chain complex valued field theories, which leads to a homotopically meaningful quantization prescription for linear gauge theories.
arXiv commentv3: 32 pages - Final version to appear in Letters in Mathematical Physics
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