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The massive Feynman propagator on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes
- American Journal of Mathematics
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 141, Number 6, December 2019
- pp. 1501-1546
- 10.1353/ajm.2019.0042
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Abstract:
We consider the massive Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes, in the sense that the manifold is $\Bbb{R}^{1+d}$ 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 generalized 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.