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The massive Feynman propagator on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes

Mathematical Physics 2016-09-02 v1 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We consider the massive Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes, in the sense that the manifold is R1+dR^{1+d} and the metric approaches that of Minkowski space at infinity in a short-range way (jointly in time and space variables). In this setup we define Feynman and anti-Feynman scattering data and prove the Fredholm property of the Klein-Gordon operator with the associated Atiyah-Patodi-Singer type boundary conditions at infinite times. We then construct a parametrix (with compact remainder terms) for the Fredholm problem and prove that it is also a Feynman parametrix in the sense of Duistermaat and H\"ormander.

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@article{arxiv.1609.00192,
  title  = {The massive Feynman propagator on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes},
  author = {Christian Gérard and Michał Wrochna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.00192},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Second part of a splitted and extended version of a manuscript which was originally arXiv:1603.07465