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.
Authors
- R. Cartas-Fuentevilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7494-5136)
- S. González-Salud
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.39285
- Primary Topic
- Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Type
- preprint