On the axiomatic approach to quasi-classical field theory

Abstract

We study the connection between quasi-classical field theory and axiomatic statements of the quantum field theory, Schwinger source theory, and the Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmermann (LSZ) formalism. The classical Schwinger source is connected with the classical field; the LSZ R-function is connected with the quantum field operator. The axioms of the quantum field theory are written in the context of the quasi-classical expansion. In the considered approach, the stationary action principle and canonical commutation relations for field operators are obtained as corollaries and are not postulated as initial statements of the theory.