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The Asymptotic Action Principle

Robert E. Pugh

  • Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Phys. Rev. D 4, 353 – Published 15 July, 1971

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.4.353

Abstract

An action principle is derived from the unitarity of the S matrix. Assuming the usual asymptotic behavior of the renormalized interpolating fields, emission-absorption symmetry, and the Bose nature of the S operator, one obtains the connection between spin and statistics and the quantization of the asymptotic fields. It is essential to the proof that the system have a nontrivial interaction, but one does not assume the relativistic invariance of the interacting system.

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