Wick rotation of the time variables for two-point functions on analytic backgrounds

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Abstract

We set up a general framework for Calderón projectors (and their generalization to non-compact manifolds), associated with complex Laplacians obtained by Wick rotation of a Lorentzian metric. In the analytic case, we use this to show that the Laplacian’s Green’s functions have analytic continuations whose boundary values are two-point functions of analytic Hadamard states. The result does not require the metric to be stationary. As an aside, we describe how thermal states are obtained as a special case of this construction if the coefficients are time independent.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)585–609
Number of pages25
JournalLetters in mathematical physics
Volume110
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

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