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Vacuum source functional of a quantum oscillator (Z[J]/Z[0]=exp(−iJGJ/2))

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Completing the square in S[q]=21​qKq+Jq with K=−∂t2​−m2+iϵ gives the displayed source factor, where G=K−1. In the frequency convention eiωt, G=(ω2−m2+iϵ)−1 and G(t)=−ie−im∣t∣/(2m) for m>0. The physical time-ordered oscillator quantum field theory propagator is iG. Sources are first taken as test functions so the pairings are defined.

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