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Sekonda
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Hello,
I was wondering what the use in the Green's function for the Klein-Gordon equation was, I have listed it below:
[tex]\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}e^{ip\cdot(x-x')}[/tex]
We find this gives an infinite result when the Klein gordon equation is applied to it and if x=x', what does this mean, i.e.
[tex](\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial t^2}-\nabla^2+m^2)\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}e^{ip\cdot(x-x')}=i\delta^{4})(x-x')[/tex]
Does this mean the particle described by the green's function in the first equation can only be found in one place when x=x'?
Also if we set x=x', the Green's function above turns to
[tex]\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}[/tex]
Which is alike to the 2 point function first order correction of form
[tex]-\frac{i\lambda}{2}\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}[/tex]
What is the relationship here? What use are the Green's function to the above equation? p is the four vector :
[tex]p=(E,\mathbf{p})[/tex]
Thanks,
SK
I was wondering what the use in the Green's function for the Klein-Gordon equation was, I have listed it below:
[tex]\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}e^{ip\cdot(x-x')}[/tex]
We find this gives an infinite result when the Klein gordon equation is applied to it and if x=x', what does this mean, i.e.
[tex](\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial t^2}-\nabla^2+m^2)\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}e^{ip\cdot(x-x')}=i\delta^{4})(x-x')[/tex]
Does this mean the particle described by the green's function in the first equation can only be found in one place when x=x'?
Also if we set x=x', the Green's function above turns to
[tex]\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}[/tex]
Which is alike to the 2 point function first order correction of form
[tex]-\frac{i\lambda}{2}\int \frac{d^4p}{(2\pi)^4}\frac{i}{p^2-m^2}[/tex]
What is the relationship here? What use are the Green's function to the above equation? p is the four vector :
[tex]p=(E,\mathbf{p})[/tex]
Thanks,
SK