Equation 95 · Part 1 · No Particle Without a Cosigner
Symbol D_rm det
What this part means
m det is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
m det is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
Nothing about 's definition requires flat spacetime; the response functional is written in terms of the Wightman function and proper time, both of which are perfectly well defined along a stationary worldline in a curved, static exterior. What changes in curved spacetime is that the field state is no…
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