The M operation is introduced in η - ξ spacetime to derive the tilde rules in thermo field dynamics (TFD). This leads to an explanation of the tilde system in TFD as the system in region II of η - ξ spacetime.
The algebraic structure of Thermo Field Dynamics lies in the q-deformation of the algebra of creation and annihilation operators. Doubling of the degrees of freedom, tilde-conjugation rules, and Bogoliubov transformation for bosons and fermions are recognized as algebraic properties of hq(1) and of hq(1∣1), respectively.
The tilde substitution law (which will be called in this paper the thermal state condition) plays an important role in determining the temperature-dependent ground state in thermo field dynamics (a real-time operator formalism of quantum field theory at finite temperature). Rules which define the phase conventions for the tilde substitution for any arbitrary Heisenberg operator are derived. These rules also lead to a clear correspondence between the perturbation series obtained in thermo field dynamics and the path-ordered formalism of the statistical average.