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arXiv · 2409.01134

The Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes: causal propagators

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We construct the causal (forward/backward) propagators for the massive Klein-Gordon equation perturbed by a first order operator which decays in space but not necessarily in time. In particular, we obtain global estimates for forward/backward solutions to the inhomogeneous, perturbed Klein-Gordon equation, including in the presence of bound states of the limiting spatial Hamiltonians. To this end, we prove propagation of singularities estimates in all regions of infinity (spatial, null, and causal) and use the estimates to prove that the Klein-Gordon operator is an invertible mapping between adapted weighted Sobolev spaces. This builds off work of Vasy in which inverses of hyperbolic PDEs are obtained via construction of a Fredholm mapping problem using radial points propagation estimates. To deal with the presence of a perturbation which persists in time, we employ a class of pseudodifferential operators first explored in Vasy's many-body work.

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Dean Baskin, Moritz Doll, Jesse Gell-Redman. 2025-06-06. The Klein-Gordon equation on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes: causal propagators. https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01134

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