V. A. Fock and N. N. Bogoliubov and their role in establishing modern quantum field theory

O. I. Zavialov, A. M. Malokostov

Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: The relation between the Wightman axioms in quantum field theory and the "$S$-matrix" Bogoliubov axioms is discussed. The choice of the Fock representation of the canonical commutation relations for asymptotic field variables is interpreted as a condition for the correct formulation of the relativistic scattering problem.

Received: 25.01.1999

DOI: 10.4213/tmf785

 English version: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1999, 120:3, 1133–1144

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