Wick rotation for holomorphic random fields

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how holomorphic random fields can be Wick-rotated via pathwise analytic continuation, linking Euclidean and relativistic symmetries, with applications to quantum field theory and particle systems.

Contribution

It introduces a general scheme for constructing Euclidean invariant measures for particle systems with ferromagnetic interactions and applies it to models inspired by quantum field theory.

Findings

Wick rotation via pathwise analytic continuation is feasible for holomorphic random fields.

Relativistic symmetries emerge from Euclidean correlation functions through analytic continuation.

Existence of analytically continued correlation functions that reveal relativistic symmetries for the studied models.

Abstract

Random field with paths given as restrictions of holomorphic functions to Euclidean space-time can be Wick-rotated by pathwise analytic continuation. Euclidean symmetries of the correlation functions then go over to relativistic symmetries. As a concrete example, convoluted point processes with interactions motivated from quantum field theory are discussed. A general scheme for the construction of Euclidean invariant infinite volume measures for systems of continuous particles with ferromagnetic interaction is given and applied to the models under consideration. Connections with Euclidean quantum field theory, Widom-Rowlinson and Potts models are pointed out. For the given models, pathwise analytic continuation and analytically continued correlation functions are shown to exist and to expose relativistic symmetries.