Karl-Henning Rehren

Karl -Henning Rehren (* 1956 in Celle ) is a German physicist in the field of quantum field theory.

Life and work

Rehren studied physics in Göttingen, Heidelberg and Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1984 he received his doctorate with a thesis to invariant quantization of the relativistic free strings with Klaus Pohlmeyer in Freiburg. In 1991 he qualified as a professor in Berlin. Since 1997 he teaches at the Georg- August-Universität Göttingen.

He works mainly in the field of algebraic quantum field theory. His most famous work from 1999 dealing with the holographic principle. He sees his work as a proof of this conjecture, however, is rejected by the representatives of the string theory. In this context, the term Algebraic holography or Rehren duality was coined to distinguish his work from the widespread view among string theorists of the holographic principle.

Publications

• K. Fredenhagen, K.-H. Rehren, E. Seiler: Quantum Field Theory: Where We Are. In: Ion - Olimpiu Stamatescu, Erhard Seiler ( ed.): Approaches to Fundamental Physics. 721, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-71115-5, pp. 61-87, arXiv: hep-th/0603155, doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-71117-9_4.
• K.-H. Rehren: Algebraic Holography. In: Annales Henri Poincaré. 1, No. 4, 2000, pp. 607-623, arXiv: hep-th/9905179v4, doi: 10.1007/PL00001009.