algebraic quantum field theory (perturbative, on curved spacetimes, homotopical)
quantum mechanical system, quantum probability
interacting field quantization
In scattering theory the Møller operator intertwines the observables of the free theory with those of the interacting theory.
The quantum states in the interaction picture of quantum mechanics are by definition (this equation) related to the asymptotic free states by
and conversely
the suitable limit for of the operator under the brace is called the Møller operator
(e.g. BEM 01)
In perturbative quantum field theory the maps that intertwine the Wick algebra of quantum observables of the free field theory with the interacting field algebra are, on regular polynomial observables. the derivatives of the Bogoliubov formula of the given S-matrix for the given interaction with respect to source fields:
(Here denotes the star product induced by the Wightman propagator, hence the Wick algebra-product, while denotes the star product induced by the Feynman propagator, hence the time-ordered product. The inverse is taken with respect to .)
This is referred to as the quantum Møller operator in (Hawkins-Rejzner 16, below def. 5.1). (But notice that in many previous articles in perturbative AQFT, by the same authors and by others, the very same operator is referred to just as the “intertwining operator”, or similar.)
Discussion in quantum mechanics:
Discussion in relativistic perturbative quantum field theory in the rigorous formulation of causal perturbation theory/perturbative AQFT:
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