The metric nature of matter

verfasst von
Johannes Aastrup, Jesper Møller Grimstrup
Abstract

We construct a metric structure on a configuration space of gauge connections and show that it naturally produces a candidate for a non-perturbative, 3+1 dimensional Yang-Mills-Dirac quantum field theory on a curved background. The metric structure is an infinite-dimensional Bott-Dirac operator and the fermionic sector of the emerging quantum field theory is generated by the infinite-dimensional Clifford algebra required to construct this operator. The Bott-Dirac operator interacts with the HD(M) algebra, which is a non-commutative algebra generated by holonomy-diffeomorphisms on the underlying manifold, i.e. parallel-transforms along flows of vector fields. This algebra combined with the Bott-Dirac operator encode the canonical commutation and anti-commutation relations of the quantised bosonic and fermionic fields. The square of the Bott-Dirac operator produces both the Yang-Mills Hamilton operator and the Dirac Hamilton operator as well as a topological Yang-Mills term alongside higher-derivative terms and a metric invariant.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Analysis
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Journal of geometry and physics
Band
171
ISSN
0393-0440
Publikationsdatum
01.2022
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Mathematische Physik, Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie, Geometrie und Topologie
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2021.104408 (Zugang: Geschlossen)