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arxiv: 0903.2476 · v1 · submitted 2009-03-16 · ✦ hep-th

On the structure of the vacuum state in general boundary quantum field theory

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keywords generalboundaryfieldgaussianstructurevacuumappearingcurved
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We quantize a real massive Klein-Gordon field in curved spacetimes within the general boundary formulation. The vacuum wave function is given by a Gaussian in the Schr\"odinger representation and we study the general structure of the operator appearing in the Gaussian. We show that it obeys a Riccati equation and we provide the general solution.

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