23–27 Jun 2025
Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli
Europe/Rome timezone

Causal maps in quantum field theory

23 Jun 2025, 17:10
15m
Aula Ottagonale di Chimica (University of Naples "Federico II")

Aula Ottagonale di Chimica

University of Naples "Federico II"

Corso Umberto I, 40 - 80138 Napoli (NA)

Speaker

José Polo-Gómez (University of Waterloo)

Description

In this talk, we define and characterize localized causal operations in a real scalar quantum field theory, and we will show that these operations exactly correspond to those satisfying various equivalent no-signalling conditions proposed in previous works. The simplicity of this characterization allows us to define a faithful quantifier of how much a map enables faster-than-light signalling in a given field state. Finally, we will apply our results to revisit relevant examples, providing straightforward proofs of their causal (or acausal) behaviour.

Primary author

José Polo-Gómez (University of Waterloo)

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