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Physicslib4.AQFT.HaagKastler.Purity

Purity of states on the quasilocal algebra #

The canonical quasilocal algebra 𝔘 of a Minkowski Haag-Kastler net is a unital C*-algebra, so the abstract characterizations of purity apply to it. This file registers them for 𝔘:

Unlike the curved setting, Minkowski spacetime has a single global quasilocal algebra 𝔘, so these are statements about its global state space - the natural home for the vacuum and other distinguished states.

Main results #

Pure ⟺ extreme point for the quasilocal algebra. A state ω on the canonical quasilocal algebra 𝔘 of a Minkowski Haag-Kastler net is pure if and only if it is an extreme point of the state space of 𝔘. This is the abstract equivalence isPure_iff_isExtremePoint applied to the C*-algebra 𝔘.

Pure ⟺ irreducible GNS representation for the quasilocal algebra. For a state ω on the quasilocal algebra 𝔘, there is a GNS triple (H, π, Ω) reproducing ω in which ω is pure if and only if the representation π is irreducible (its commutant is trivial). This combines the GNS construction with the abstract isPure_iff_isIrreducible.