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Geometric Modular Action and Spacetime Symmetry Groups

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A condition of geometric modular action is proposed as a selection principle for physically interesting states on general space-times. This condition is naturally associated with transformation groups of partially ordered sets and provides these groups with projective representations. Under suitable additional conditions, these groups induce groups of point transformations on these space-times, which may be interpreted as symmetry groups. The consequences of this condition are studied in detail in application to two concrete space-times -- four-dimensional Minkowski and three-dimensional de Sitter spaces -- for which it is shown how this condition characterizes the states invariant under the respective isometry group. An intriguing new algebraic characterization of vacuum states is given. In addition, the logical relations between the condition proposed in this paper and the condition of modular covariance, widely used in the literature, are completely illuminated.

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Numerical approach to the modular operator for fermionic systems

math-ph · 2026-05-19 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A position-space discretization on a cylinder approximates the modular operator for one and two double cones in the 1+1D massive Majorana field, showing nontrivial mass dependence and reduced bilocal terms at higher masses.

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  • Numerical approach to the modular operator for fermionic systems math-ph · 2026-05-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 72 · internal anchor

    A position-space discretization on a cylinder approximates the modular operator for one and two double cones in the 1+1D massive Majorana field, showing nontrivial mass dependence and reduced bilocal terms at higher masses.

  • Bounding relative entropy for non-unitary excitations in quantum field theory math-ph · 2026-04-20 · unverdicted · none · ref 47

    Convexity of non-commutative L^p norms yields bounds on relative entropy for arbitrary excitations of faithful states in general von Neumann algebras, with uniform boundedness proven for single-particle states of the chiral current.