Non locality and causal evolution in QFT

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dc.creatorBuscemi, Fabrizio
dc.creatorCompagno, Giuseppe
dc.date2006-02-27
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dc.descriptionNon locality appearing in QFT during the free evolution of localized field states and in the Feynman propagator function is analyzed. It is shown to be connected to the initial non local properties present at the level of quantum states and then it does not imply a violation of Einstein's causality. Then it is investigated a simple QFT system with interaction, consisting of a classical source coupled linearly to a quantum scalar field, that is exactly solved. The expression for the time evolution of the state describing the system is given. The expectation value of any arbitrary ``good'' local observable, expressed as a function of the field operator and its space and time derivatives, is obtained explicitly at all order in the field-matter coupling constant. These expectation values have a source dependent part that is shown to be always causally retarded, while the non local contributions are source independent and related to the non local properties of zero point vacuum fluctuations.
dc.descriptionSubmitted to Journal of Physics B: 16 pages: 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0602221
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0602221
dc.identifierJ.Phys.B.At.Mol.Opt.Phys.39:S695-S709,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0953-4075/39/15/S16
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/228635
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleNon locality and causal evolution in QFT
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