Square integrable solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation on a manifold (Q5920667)

Let \(M\) be an \((n + 1)\) dimensional pseudo-Riemannian manifold of signature \((0, 1)\) with metric tensor \(g_{\mu, \nu}, \mu, \nu = 0, 1, \dots, n\). The authors consider the Klein-Gordon equation on \(M\) for a real function \(f\) \[ \square f + \lambda f = 0. \] Here \[ \square f = \nabla_{\mu}\nabla^{\mu}f = \frac 1{\sqrt{|g|}}\partial_{\mu}(\sqrt{|g|}g^{\mu \nu}\partial_{\nu}f, \] \(g\) is the determinant of the matrix \(\| g_{\mu \nu}\|\), and the real parameter \(\lambda\) corresponds to the square of the mass. An infinite set of square integrable solutions is constructed on Friedman-type manifolds, in particular on the de Sitter space. These solutions correspond to a discrete spectrum of masses and a finite action.