Lorentz versus Euclidean Symmetry
Wick rotation changes the spacetime symmetries of a quantum field theory, changing between The Lorentz group, by which I’ll mean either $SO(3,1)$ or $SL(2,\mathbf C)$, the double cover of the time orientation-preserving subgroup of $SO(3,1)$. The four-dimensional Euclidean signature rotation …