Can Klein-Gordon Equation Solutions Have Compact Support?

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I am interested in the solutions of the Klein Gordon equation.
Plane waves solutions are well known in physics. they look like ## e^ { i (kx - \sqrt{k^2 + m^2} t)}## or superpositions of them.
They are finite when t or x go to infinity.
I am looking for the general solution of the problem. In particular are there fast diminishing tempered solutions (in x and t) that could be useful with Schwartz distributions?
Are there solutions whith compact support?

Thanks.
 
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I think there are solutions for the 1D potential well problem that die off exponentially as ## x \rightarrow \pm \infty ##. You might also try solving the equation for a 1D particle in a box, using separation of variables just like in the nonrelativistic case. A helpful reference is Wachter's Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.
 
I know that i can solve differential equations in (x,t) by Fourier transforming them. I get a simpler equation in (k,E) i solve it and i apply the inverse transformation to get the result in (x,t). Is it valid when i have to solve: eqdif(x,t) = 0 AND |t| > 1 => f(x,t) = 0?
I couls so add the condition for supp(f).

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it seems that |t| > 1 => f(x,t) = 0 is equivalent to ## (1 - rect (t)) f = 0 ##
As Fourier transforms rect in sinc it should give a second equation in E,p : TF(f) - sinc * TF(f) = 0
it uses the convolution of sinc and TF(f).
To be continued...
 
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I got an answer here
It shows that test functions with a compact support cannot obey a KG equation.
 
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