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arxiv: 1209.0209 · v2 · pith:YEPTGZJSnew · submitted 2012-09-02 · ✦ hep-th · math-ph· math.MP· quant-ph

Relativistic invariance of the vacuum

classification ✦ hep-th math-phmath.MPquant-ph
keywords invariancerelativistictimevacuumaxiomsonlyproofassumptions
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Relativistic invariance of the vacuum is (or follows from) one of the Wightman axioms which is commonly believed to be true. Without these axioms, here we present a direct and general proof of continuous relativistic invariance of all real-time vacuum correlations of fields, not only scattering (forward in time), based on closed time path formalism. The only assumptions are basic principles of relativistic quantum field theories: the relativistic invariance of the Lagrangian, of the form including known interactions (electromagnetic, weak and strong), and standard rules of quantization. The proof is in principle perturbative leaving a possibility of spontaneous violation of invariance. Time symmetry is however manifestly violated.

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