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Vector two-point functions in maximally symmetric spaces. (English) Zbl 0632.53060

We obtain massive and massless vector two-point functions in maximally symmetric spaces (and vacua) of any number of dimensions. These include de Sitter space and anti-de Sitter space, and their Euclidean analogs \(S^ n\) and \(H^ n\). Our method is based on a simple way of constructing every possible maximally symmetric bitensor \(T_{a...bc'...d'}(x,x')\) which carries tangent-space indices a...b at x and c’...d’ at x’.

MSC:

53B50 Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences
53B30 Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics
83C99 General relativity
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