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arxiv: 1609.00192 · v1 · pith:CL52NY6Tnew · submitted 2016-09-01 · 🧮 math-ph · math.AP· math.MP

The massive Feynman propagator on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes

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We consider the massive Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes, in the sense that the manifold is $R^{1+d}$ 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 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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