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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 ii Paper 1 35C iii Solution by
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Use signature , for which . With the Lorenz constraint in Proca theory, the Proca equation is . A static solution therefore satisfies .
For direct radial differentiation gives . At the origin its singularity contributes : integrating the Laplacian over a small sphere gives limiting outward flux , while the mass term's integral tends to zero. Thus obeys . Convolution proves the printed Yukawa potential solutionThe integral requires suitable source decay, for example compact support. For conserved static sources, differentiating the convolution and integrating by parts gives as well; its spatial divergence is the convolution with .
For the usual nonnegative mass parameter this is the decaying static solution, and gives the Coulomb kernel with Lorenz gauge imposed. If the arbitrary real parameter is negative, the printed kernel still gives a particular solution for compact sources, but grows at infinity; the decaying boundary condition selects instead. Static sources also allow homogeneous time-dependent solutions, so this construction establishes a static solution, not that every solution is static.
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