Quantum causal histories

Abstract

Quantum causal histories are defined to be causal sets with Hilbert spaces attached to each event and local unitary evolution operators. The reflexivity, antisymmetry, and transitivity properties of a causal set are preserved in the quantum history as conditions on the evolution operators. A quantum causal history in which transitivity holds can be treated as ``directed'' topological quantum field theory. Two examples of such histories are described.

16 pages, epsfig latex. Some clarifications, minor corrections and references added. Version to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity

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