Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2015
Abstract
The concept of reflection positivity has its origins in the work of Osterwalder–Schrader on constructive quantum field theory. It is a fundamental tool to construct a relativistic quantum field theory as a unitary representation of the Poincaré group from a non-relativistic field theory as a representation of the euclidean motion group. This is the second article in a series on the mathematical foundations of reflection positivity. We develop the theory of reflection positive one-parameter groups and the dual theory of dilations of contractive hermitian semigroups. In particular, we connect reflection positivity with the outgoing realization of unitary one-parameter groups by Lax and Phillips. We further show that our results provide effective tools to construct reflection positive representations of general symmetric Lie groups, including the group, the Heisenberg group, the euclidean motion group and the euclidean conformal group.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Complex Analysis and Operator Theory
First Page
653
Last Page
721
Recommended Citation
Neeb, K., & Ólafsson, G. (2015). Reflection Positive One-Parameter Groups and Dilations. Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, 9 (3), 653-721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11785-014-0402-2