Strict deformation quantization of abelian lattice gauge fields

Abstract

This paper shows how to construct classical and quantum field C*-algebras modeling a $U(1{)}^n$-gauge theory in any dimension using a novel approach to lattice gauge theory, while simultaneously constructing a strict deformation quantization between the respective field algebras. The construction starts with quantization maps defined on operator systems (instead of C*-algebras) associated to the lattices, in a way that quantization commutes with all lattice refinements, therefore giving rise to a quantization map on the continuum (meaning ultraviolet and infrared) limit. Although working with operator systems at the finite level, in the continuum limit we obtain genuine C*-algebras. We also prove that the C*-algebras (classical and quantum) are invariant under time evolutions related to the electric part of abelian Yang--Mills. Our classical and quantum systems at the finite level are essentially the ones of [van Nuland and Stienstra, 2020], which admit completely general dynamics, and we briefly discuss ways to extend this powerful result to the continuum limit. We also briefly discuss reduction, and how the current set-up should be generalized to the non-abelian case.

24 pages

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