Modular cocycle conjecture for massive double cone algebras

Let 4A(O)44\mathcal{A}(\mathcal{O})4 be the algebra of a massive theory associated with a double cone 4O44\mathcal{O}4, and let 4ωm=044\omega_{m=0}4 denote the conformally invariant vacuum state of the associated massless theory. The massive and massless local algebras may be identified up to unitary equivalence, while their nets inside 4O44\mathcal{O}4 remain different. Modular cocycle conjecture. The modular group of the massive double cone algebra with respect to the massive vacuum is cocycle-related to the known geometric modular group of the associated conformally invariant situation; the massive net inside 4O44\mathcal{O}4 may be obtained from the massless 4A(O)44\mathcal{A}(\mathcal{O})4 by adjoining the action of Poincaré covariances inside 4O44\mathcal{O}4. The cocycle accounts for the difference between massive and massless local propagation, so the modular action is fuzzy away from the horizon, while the geometric conformal transformation reappears asymptotically near the boundary. The source notes that the mechanism can be shown for a massive free Fermi field in 1+11+1 dimensions, but a general proof remains desirable.

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B. Schroer, “Localization and Nonperturbative Local Quantum Physics”, arXiv:hep-th/9805093 (1998).

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