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The Feynman propagator for a free bosonic scalar field on the discrete spacetime of a causal set is presented. The formalism includes scalar field operators and a vacuum state which define a scalar quantum field theory on a causal set. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-05 Steven Johnston

I argue against the widespread notion that manifest de Sitter invariance on the full de Sitter manifold is either useful or even attainable in gauge theories. Green's functions and propagators computed in a de Sitter invariant gauge are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 R. P. Woodard

We study the dynamics of Majorana fermions in an expanding de Sitter space and to that aim we construct the vacuum Feynman propagator for Majorana fermions in de Sitter space. Surprisingly, the Majorana propagator is identical to that of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-30 Tomislav Prokopec , Vishnu Hari Unnithan

In this master thesis a configuration space method presented by C. Dullemond and E. van Beveren for computing all propagators of a scalar field (Wightman, Hadamard and Schwinger functions,retarded, advanced and Feynman propagator) is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-08-29 Max Dohse

A system of generalized coherent states for the de Sitter group obeying Klein-Gordon equation and corresponding to the massive spin zero particles over the de Sitter space is considered. This allows us to construct the quantized scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Semyon Pol'shin

Just because the propagator of some field obeys a de Sitter invariant equation does not mean it possesses a de Sitter invariant solution. The classic example is the propagator of a massless, minimally coupled scalar. We show that the same…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-12-30 S. P. Miao , N. C. Tsamis , R. P. Woodard

We construct the scalar and graviton propagator in quasi de Sitter space up to first order in the slow roll parameter $\epsilon\equiv -\dot{H}/H^2$. After a rescaling, the propagators are similar to those in de Sitter space with an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Tomas Janssen , Tomislav Prokopec

We discuss several aspects of quantum field theory of a scalar field in a Friedmann universe, clarifying and highlighting several conceptual and technical issues. (A) We show that one can map the dynamics of (1) a massless scalar field in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-17 Kinjalk Lochan , Karthik Rajeev , Amit Vikram , T. Padmanabhan

The propagators of the Dirac fermions are studied in the configuration representation on the expanding portion of the $(1+3)$-dimensional de Sitter spacetime considering a fixed vacuum of Bunch-Davies type. In this representation the method…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-20 Ion I. Cotaescu

We discuss two distinct operator-theoretic settings useful for describing (or defining) propagators associated with a scalar Klein-Gordon field on a Lorentzian manifold $M$. Typically, we assume that $M$ is globally hyperbolic. The term…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Jan Dereziński , Christian Gaß

We have obtained propagators in the position space as an expansion over Landau levels for the charged scalar particle, fermion, and massive vector boson in a constant external magnetic field. The summation terms in the resulting expressions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-23 S. N. Iablokov , A. V. Kuznetsov

A system of generalized coherent states for the de Sitter group obeying the Klein-Gordon equation and corresponding to the massive spin zero particles over the de Sitter space is considered. This allows us to construct the quantized scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Semyon Pol'shin

A new type of integral representation is proposed for the propagators of the massive Klein-Gordon field minimally coupled to the gravity of the de Sitter expanding universe. This representation encapsulates the effects of the Heaviside step…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-15 Ion I. Cotaescu , Ion Cotaescu

We discuss the algebraic quantization of a real, massive scalar field in the Poincar\'e patch of the (d+1)-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime, with arbitrary boundary conditions. By using the functional formalism, we show that it is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-11-16 Claudio Dappiaggi , Hugo R. C. Ferreira

We start with the consideration of the loop effects for light fields with non-zero mass in the expanding Poincar\'e patch of de Sitter space-time. We derive the Dyson-Schwinger equation, which sums up the leading infrared (growing with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-19 E. T. Akhmedov , V. I. Lapushkin , D. I. Sadekov

The general formalism of the free Dirac fermions on spatially flat $(1+3)$-dimensional Friedmann-Lema\^ itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetimes is developed in momentum representation. The mode expansions in terms of the fundamental spinors…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-10 Ion I. Cotaescu

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Dean Baskin , Moritz Doll , Jesse Gell-Redman

The symmetries of a scalar field theory in multifractional spacetimes are analyzed. The free theory realizes the Poincar\'e algebra, and the associated symmetries are modifications of ordinary translations and Lorentz transformations. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-05 Gianluca Calcagni , Giuseppe Nardelli

In this paper, we correct an inaccurate result of previous works on the Feynman propagator in position space of a free Dirac field in (3+1)-dimensional spacetime, and we derive the generalized analytic formulas of both the scalar Feynman…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-02 Hong-Hao Zhang , Kai-Xi Feng , Si-Wei Qiu , An Zhao , Xue-Song Li

We outline a new approach to calculating the quantum mechanical propagator in the presence of geometrically non-trivial Dirichlet boundary conditions based upon a generalisation of an integral transform of the propagator studied in previous…