On the Application of Bandlimitation and Sampling Theory to Quantum Field Theory

dc.contributor.advisorKempf, Achim
dc.contributor.authorPye, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-07T16:38:33Z
dc.date.available2020-10-07T16:38:33Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-07
dc.date.submitted2020-09-24
dc.description.abstractIt is widely believed that combining the uncertainty principle with gravity will lead to an effective minimum length scale. A particular challenge is to specify this scale in a coordinate-independent manner so that covariance is not broken. Here we will consider bandlimitation and sampling theory as a means to model Planck-scale modifications to spacetime within quantum field theory. Two different cases will be considered. The first is the case of Euclidean-bandlimitation, which imposes a notion of minimal length while preserving Euclidean symmetries. This leads to a sampling theory where one can represent fields as equivalently living on either continuous space or on lattices. We will discuss how this leads to a regulation of the information density in quantum fields. We then proceed to quantify notions of localization and density of degrees of freedom within these fields. We then turn to the case of Lorentzian-bandlimitation. Quantum fields bandlimited in this way have reconstruction properties which are qualitatively different than the Euclidean case. Nevertheless, here we will examine what impacts this has on the structure of quantum field theory with such a bandlimit imposed. In particular, we will investigate which quantities are and are not regulated by the Lorentzian bandlimit in both free and interacting field theories.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/16427
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectquantum field theoryen
dc.subjectsampling theoryen
dc.subjectbandlimited quantum field theoryen
dc.subjectentanglementen
dc.subjectentropyen
dc.subjectlocalizationen
dc.subjectPlanck scaleen
dc.subjectminimum lengthen
dc.subjectgeneralized uncertainty principleen
dc.titleOn the Application of Bandlimitation and Sampling Theory to Quantum Field Theoryen
dc.typeDoctoral Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
uws-etd.degree.departmentApplied Mathematicsen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineApplied Mathematics (Quantum Information)en
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws.contributor.advisorKempf, Achim
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Mathematicsen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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