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Gary Weiss
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hi
I don't understand this bit about the derivation of propagator expressions.
Bjorken and Drell describe the step function as:
[tex]\theta(\tau)=lim_{\epsilon \to 0}\frac{-1}{2\pi i}\oint_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{d\omega e^{-i\omega r}}{\omega + i \epsilon } [/tex]
the singularity is at [tex] -i \omega \epslion [/tex]
I understand that if I evaluate this integral with a path above the real axis
I get zero, and that if I evaluate it below the real axis I get 1.
however I don't understand why it's ok to choose the paths in this way.
What happened at tau<0 that allowed me to integrate only the upper half of
the real/imaginary axis?
thanks!
I don't understand this bit about the derivation of propagator expressions.
Bjorken and Drell describe the step function as:
[tex]\theta(\tau)=lim_{\epsilon \to 0}\frac{-1}{2\pi i}\oint_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{d\omega e^{-i\omega r}}{\omega + i \epsilon } [/tex]
the singularity is at [tex] -i \omega \epslion [/tex]
I understand that if I evaluate this integral with a path above the real axis
I get zero, and that if I evaluate it below the real axis I get 1.
however I don't understand why it's ok to choose the paths in this way.
What happened at tau<0 that allowed me to integrate only the upper half of
the real/imaginary axis?
thanks!