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The Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes: the Feynman propagator

Analysis of PDEs 2025-07-03 v1 Mathematical Physics Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

We develop a theory of Feynman propagators for the massive Klein--Gordon equation with asymptotically static perturbations. Building on our previous work on the causal propagators, we employ a framework based on propagation of singularities estimates in Vasy's 3sc-calculus. We combine these estimates to prove global spacetime mapping properties for the Feynman propagator, and to show that it satisfies a microlocal Hadamard condition. We show that the Feynman propagator can be realized as the inverse of a mapping between appropriate L2L^2-based Sobolev spaces with additional regularity near the asymptotic sources of the Hamiltonian flow, realized as a family of radial points on a compactified spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.2507.01600,
  title  = {The Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes: the Feynman propagator},
  author = {Dean Baskin and Moritz Doll and Jesse Gell-Redman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.01600},
  year   = {2025}
}

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42 pages, 2 figures