%0 Journal Article
%T Greens Function for Anti de Sitter Gravity
%A Gary Kleppe
%J Physics
%D 1994
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevD.50.7335
%X We solve for the retarded Greens function for linearized gravity in a background with a negative cosmological constant, anti de Sitter space. In this background, it is possible for a signal to reach spatial infinity in a finite time. Therefore the form of the Greens function depends on a choice of boundary condition at spatial infinity. We take as our condition that a signal which reaches infinity should be lost, not reflected back. We calculate the Greens function associated with this condition, and show that it reproduces the correct classical solution for a point mass at the origin, the anti de Sitter-Schwarzchild solution.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9406005v1