Particle Interpretations and Green Functions for a Free Scalar Field
Abstract
The formalism of Ashtekar and Magnon AshtekarMagnon:1975 for the definition of particles in quantum field theory in curved spacetime is further developed. The relation between basic objects of this formalism (e.g., the complex structure) and different Green functions is found. It allows one to derive composition laws for Green functions. The relation of two definitions of particles is reformulated in the formalism and the base-independent Bogoljubov transformation is expressed using quantities which are derivable directly from the ``in-out'' Green function.
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