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Abstract for Sfb Preprint No. 364
Looking beyond the Thermal Horizon: Hidden Symmetriesin Chiral Models B. Schroer and H.-W. Wiesbrock
In thermal states of chiral theories, as recently investigated by H.-J. Borchers and J. Yngvason, there exists a rich group of hidden symmetries. Here we show that this leads to a radical converse of of the Hawking-Unruh observation in the following sense. The algebraic commutant of the algebra associated with a (heat bath) thermal chiral system can be used to reprocess the thermal system into a ground state system on a larger algebra with a larger localization space-time. This happens in such a way that the original system appears as a kind of generalized Unruh restriction of the ground state sytem and the thermal commutant as being transmutated into newly created 'virgin space-time region' behind a horizon. The related concepts of a 'chiral conformal core' and the possibility of a 'blow-up' of the latter suggest interesting ideas on localization of degrees of freedom with possible repercussion on how to define quantum entropy of localized matter content in Local Quantum Physics
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