Construction of Hadamard states by pseudo-differential calculus

Abstract

We give a new construction based on pseudo-differential calculus of quasi-free Hadamard states for Klein-Gordon equations on a class of space-times whose metric is well-behaved at spatial infinity. In particular we construct all pure Hadamard states and study their covariance under symplectic transformations. Using our results we give a new construction of Hadamard states on arbitrary globally hyperbolic space-times.