25 May 2017 to 2 June 2017
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Europe/Berlin timezone

A noncommutative approach to the quantisation of lattice gauge theories

2 Jun 2017, 10:00
1h
02.430 (Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University)

02.430

Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz

Speaker

Dr Francesca Arici (University of Nijmegen)

Description

We will describe the quantisation of gauge theories on a lattice/graph in terms of their algebras of observables and of the Hilbert space on which the algebra is represented. The algebra of observables for the quantum system admits a natural geometric realization as a groupoid C*-algebra. We will study the behaviour of such algebras under lattice refinements and the resulting continuum limit of the theory. Based on joint work with R. Stienstra and W. van Suijlekom.

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