Related post Causality and Quantum Field Theory
In Peskin and Schroeder's QFT p28, the authors tried to show causality is preserved in scalar field theory.
Consider commutator [ϕ(x),ϕ(y)]=D(x−y)−D(y−x)
P&S argued that each term in the right-hand-side of (2.53) is Lorentz invariant, since ∫d3p(2π)312Ep=∫d4p(2π)4(2π)δ(p2−m2)|p0>0
Since there exists a continuous Lorentz transformation in the spacelike interval (x−y)2<0 such that (x−y)→−(x−y) and D(y−x)=D(x−y), (2.53) equals zero in the spacelike interval. In timelike interval, since such continuous Lorentz transformation does not exist, (2.53) is non-zero in general.
My question is, consider a non-continuous Lorentz transmation in the timelike interval, PT, namely time reversal times parity transformation. I can also let (x−y)→−(x−y). Why (2.53) in the timelike interval is non-zero?
I guess PT will let (2.40) go to p0<0 branch. But I am not sure if it breaks the Lorentz invariant of (2.40) and (2.50).
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