An evolution equation approach to the Klein-Gordon operator on curved spacetime

Wave equation (35L05) One-parameter semigroups and linear evolution equations (47D06) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20)

Abstract: We develop a theory of the Klein-Gordon equation on curved spacetimes. Our main tool is the method of (non-autonomous) evolution equations on Hilbert spaces. This approach allows us to treat low regularity of the metric, of the electromagnetic potential and of the scalar potential. Our main goal is a construction of various kinds of propagators needed in quantum field theory.

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The authors develop a theory for the Klein-Gordon equation on curved spacetimes. Precisely, they consider the Klein-Gordon operator on a Lorentzian manifold coupled to an electromagnetic potential \(A\) and a scalar potential \(Y\): \[K = |g|^{-1/2} (D_{\mu} - A_{\mu} )|g|^{1/2} g^{\mu \nu} (D_{\nu} -A_{\nu}) +Y\] where \(|g|= |\det[ g_{\mu \nu}]|\) and \(D_{\mu}= -i \partial_{\mu}\). Both classical propagators and some families of nonclassical propagators are constructed. The theory of nonautonomous evolution equations on Hilbert spaces is used to this end. Assumptions on the metric and potentials are weak, but global in spacetime. In an Appendix, the authors illustrate how some of the assumptions can be realized.

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