Correlation Functions Involving Dirac Fields from Homotopy Algebras I: The Free Theory

Abstract

We extend the formula for correlation functions of scalar field theories in terms of quantum $A_{\infty }$ algebras, presented in arXiv:2203.05366, to incorporate Dirac fields. We use a description that is analogous to string field theory, and the formula for correlation functions takes the same form for both scalar fields and Dirac fields. We prove that correlation functions from our formula satisfy the Schwinger-Dyson equations in the free theory. The proof for interacting theories is presented in the companion paper arXiv:2305.13103 by one of the authors. We also explain the relation of our formula to the definition of correlation functions in the approach by Costello and Gwilliam based on factorization algebras.

Comments: 51 pages, no figures; v2: minor changes; v3: the definition of omega_n refined in the paragraph below (4.15), (3.41) changed, (4.49) corrected, the explanation from (4.54) to (4.62) modified, and the explanation below (4.114) expanded; v4: section 5 completely rewritten, appendix B for the relation to the approach by Costello and Gwilliam added, version published in PTEP

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