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    Two algebraic properties of thermal quantum field theories

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    We establish the Schlieder and the Borchers property for thermal field theories. In addition, we provide some information on the commutation and localization properties of projection operators.Comment: plain tex, 14 page

    Canonical Interacting Quantum Fields on Two-Dimensional De Sitter Space

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    We present the P(φ)2{\mathscr P}(\varphi)_2 model on de Sitter space in the canonical formulation. We discuss the role of the Noether theorem and we provide explicit expressions for the energy-stress tensor of the interacting model.Comment: minor correction

    The Reeh-Schlieder property for thermal field theories

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    We show that the Reeh-Schlieder property w.r.t. the KMS-vector is a direct consequence of locality, additivity and the relativistic KMS-condition. The latter characterises the thermal equilibrium states of a relativistic quantum field theory. The statement remains vaild even if the given equilibrium state breaks spatial translation invariance.Comment: plain tex, 10 page

    A Goldstone Theorem in Thermal Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

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    We prove a Goldstone Theorem in thermal relativistic quantum field theory, which relates spontaneous symmetry breaking to the rate of space-like decay of the two-point function. The critical rate of fall-off coincides with that of the massless free scalar field theory. Related results and open problems are briefly discussed

    Thermal quantum fields with spatially cutoff interactions in 1+1 space–time dimensions

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    AbstractWe construct interacting quantum fields in 1+1 space–time dimensions, representing charged or neutral scalar bosons at positive temperature and zero chemical potential. Our work is based on prior work by Klein and Landau and Høegh-Krohn. Generalized path space methods are used to add a spatially cutoff interaction to the free system, which is described in the Araki–Woods representation. It is shown that the interacting KMS state is normal w.r.t. the Araki–Woods representation. The observable algebra and the modular conjugation of the interacting system are shown to be identical to the ones of the free system and the interacting Liouvillean is described in terms of the free Liouvillean and the interaction
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