Quantum field theory with scale-dependent weighted measures: nonlinear momentum representations, vacuum fluctuations, and causal structure

We reconsider the construction of free quantum fields through momentum-space weighted measures, introducing an independent energy scale that restores the conventional theory at low momenta. The resulting family is characterized by a dimensionless spectral function and includes, as a distinguished case, the spatial weight associated with the Euclidean Snyder algebra. We discuss its relation to modified dispersion relations and nonlinear momentum coordinates, and introduce an observer-covariant spectral weight defined using a timelike four-velocity. For the complex Klein-Gordon field we obtain the equal-time algebra, conserved weighted observables, vacuum fluctuations, and two-point functions in arbitrary spatial dimension. The ultraviolet conditions for their finiteness are established, and the nonlocal causal structure is analyzed in terms of a spatial convolution of the ordinary Pauli-Jordan distribution. An illustrative interacting extension and numerical profiles of the kernels and amplitudes are also presented.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Published
2026-10-29
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.39285
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Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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preprint
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Quantum field theory with scale-dependent weighted measures: nonlinear momentum representations, vacuum fluctuations, and causal structure

R. Cartas-Fuentevilla, S. González-Salud
arXiv (Cornell University)
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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Quantum field theory with scale-dependent weighted measures: nonlinear momentum representations, vacuum fluctuations, and causal structure

R. Cartas-Fuentevilla, S. González-Salud
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Abstract

We reconsider the construction of free quantum fields through momentum-space weighted measures, introducing an independent energy scale that restores the conventional theory at low momenta. The resulting family is characterized by a dimensionless spectral function and includes, as a distinguished case, the spatial weight associated with the Euclidean Snyder algebra. We discuss its relation to modified dispersion relations and nonlinear momentum coordinates, and introduce an observer-covariant spectral weight defined using a timelike four-velocity. For the complex Klein-Gordon field we obtain the equal-time algebra, conserved weighted observables, vacuum fluctuations, and two-point functions in arbitrary spatial dimension. The ultraviolet conditions for their finiteness are established, and the nonlocal causal structure is analyzed in terms of a spatial convolution of the ordinary Pauli-Jordan distribution. An illustrative interacting extension and numerical profiles of the kernels and amplitudes are also presented.

arXiv (Cornell University)
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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