Dynamical locality of the nonminimally coupled scalar field and enlarged algebra of Wick polynomials

Matthew Ferguson
March 09, 2012
We discuss dynamical locality in two locally covariant quantum field theories, the nonminimally coupled scalar field and the enlarged algebra of Wick polynomials. We calculate the relative Cauchy evolution of the enlarged algebra, before demonstrating that dynamical locality holds in the nonminimally coupled scalar field theory. We also establish dynamical locality in the enlarged algebra for the minimally coupled massive case and the conformally coupled massive case.

Keywords: 
locally covariant QFT, dynamical locality, scalar field, wick polynomials