Proper time method in de Sitter space

Ashok K. Das and Pushpa Kalauni
Phys. Rev. D 92, 104037 – Published 23 November 2015

Abstract

We use the proper time formalism to study a (non-self-interacting) massive Klein-Gordon theory in the two dimensional de Sitter space. We determine the exact Green’s function of the theory by solving the DeWitt-Schwinger equation as well as by calculating the operator matrix element. We point out how the one parameter family of arbitrariness in the Green’s function arises in this method.

  • Received 26 August 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.104037

© 2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ashok K. Das1,2 and Pushpa Kalauni3

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
  • 2Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Calcutta 700064, India
  • 3Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Vol. 92, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2015

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