Wightman axioms

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The Wightman axioms are a set of rigorous mathematical conditions that formalize relativistic quantum field theory in terms of operator-valued distributions on Hilbert space.

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instanceOf axiomatic system ⓘ
framework in mathematical physics ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wightman formulation of quantum field theory ⓘ
linked to: Wightman axioms

Wightman framework ⓘ
appliesTo relativistic quantum fields in Minkowski space ⓘ
assumes Minkowski spacetime structure ⓘ
contrastsWith canonical quantization approach ⓘ
path-integral formulation of quantum field theory ⓘ
defines n-point Wightman functions as vacuum expectation values of fields ⓘ
describes relativistic quantum field theory ⓘ
ensures analytic properties of correlation functions ⓘ
positivity of the Hilbert space inner product ⓘ
relativistic causality in quantum field theory ⓘ
field constructive quantum field theory ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
formalizes relativistic quantum field theory ⓘ
goal to provide a mathematically rigorous foundation for quantum field theory ⓘ
hasLimitation difficulty in constructing interacting models in four dimensions ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1950s ⓘ
implies CPT invariance under suitable assumptions ⓘ
spin–statistics connection under suitable assumptions ⓘ
influenced development of constructive quantum field theory ⓘ
rigorous proofs of CPT and spin–statistics theorems ⓘ
introducedBy Arthur Wightman ⓘ
namedAfter Arthur Wightman ⓘ
relatedTo Haag–Kastler axioms ⓘ
linked to: Haag-Kastler axioms

LSZ reduction formula ⓘ
Osterwalder–Schrader axioms ⓘ
algebraic quantum field theory ⓘ
requires covariance of fields under Poincaré transformations ⓘ
cyclicity of the vacuum for the field algebra ⓘ
existence of a Hilbert space of states ⓘ
fields as operator-valued tempered distributions ⓘ
local commutativity (microcausality) ⓘ
spectrum of energy–momentum in the closed forward light cone ⓘ
unique Poincaré-invariant vacuum vector ⓘ
unitary representation of the Poincaré group ⓘ
usesConcept Hilbert space ⓘ
Poincaré group ⓘ
Wightman functions ⓘ
covariance ⓘ
locality ⓘ
operator-valued distributions ⓘ
spectrum condition ⓘ
tempered distributions ⓘ
vacuum state ⓘ

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Osterwalder–Schrader axioms → relatedTo → Wightman axioms ⓘ
Heisenberg operator formulation of quantum mechanics → influenced → algebraic quantum field theory ⓘ
linked to: Wightman axioms
spin–statistics theorem → hasAlternativeFormulation → Wightman axioms framework ⓘ
linked to: Wightman axioms
Yang–Mills existence and mass gap problem → involves → Wightman axioms or Osterwalder–Schrader axioms ⓘ
linked to: Wightman axioms
Wightman functions → componentOf → Wightman axioms ⓘ
Wightman correlation functions → satisfies → Wightman axioms ⓘ
Wightman correlation functions → framework → Wightman axiomatic framework ⓘ
linked to: Wightman axioms
Wightman axioms → alsoKnownAs → Wightman formulation of quantum field theory ⓘ
linked to: Wightman axioms
algebraic quantum field theory → relatedTo → Wightman axioms ⓘ
CPT theorem → hasMathematicalFramework → Wightman axioms ⓘ