The role of type III factors in quantum field theory

Reports on Mathematical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-147

  Yngvason, Jakob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics   (Austria)

Author keywords

Quantum field theory; Type III factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144423866     PISSN: 00344877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4877(05)80009-6     Document Type: Article

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