Retarded unit-frequency oscillator response

ID: retarded-unit-frequency-oscillator-response

The retarded Green function for is , with Fourier transform in the convention. Both poles lie below the real axis. Convolution with a force gives the solution with no incoming homogeneous oscillation. A source that is nonzero at negative times can have a nonzero response before a chosen zero of time without violating causality.

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