Algebraic Quantum Field Theory and causal homogeneous spaces - Part 4a/4
Lorentzian manifolds and their conformal compactifications provide the most symmetric models of spacetimes. The structures studied on such spaces in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (AQFT) are so-called nets of operator algebras, i.e., to each open subset ${\mathcal O}$ of the space-time manifold one associates a von Neumann algebra ${\mathcal M}({\mathcal O})$ in such a way that a certain natural list of axioms is satisfied.
We report on an ongoing project concerned with the construction of such nets on general causal homogeneous spaces $M = G/H$.
Lecture 4: Constructing nets of real subspaces.
Finally, we arrive at rather general characterizations of unitary representations and homogeneous spaces for which a rich supply of nets exists. Many classification results are still open and more bridges to Physics have to be built, but the overall structure of the theory takes shape.