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A brief review on the problem of divergence in Krein space quantization

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Abstract

In this paper we have a brief review on the problem of divergence in quantum field theory and its elimination using the method of Krein space quantization. In this method, the auxiliary negative frequency states have been utilized, the modes of which do not interact with the physical states and are not affected by the physical boundary conditions. It is remarkable that Krein space quantization is similar to Pauli-Villars regularization, so we can call it the "Krein regularization". Considering the QED in Krein space quantization, it could be shown that the theory is automatically regularized. Calculation of the three primitive divergent integrals, the vacuum polarization, electron self energy and vertex function using Krein space method leads to finite values, since the infrared and ultraviolet divergencies do not appear. For another example, the Casimir stress on a spherical shell in de Sitter spacetime for a massless scalar field could be calculated using Krein space quantization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1086-1092
Number of pages7
JournalFortschritte der Physik
Volume60
Issue number9-10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Casimir effect
  • Krein space
  • Negative-mode states.
  • QED

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