Logarithmic derivatives of heat kernels and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities with unbounded diffusion coefficients on loop spaces (Q1577669)

The principal result of the paper is a certain sufficient condition on the logarithmic derivative of the heat kernel under which a logarithmic Sobolev inequality on a loop space holds. Several applications are obtained: The logarithmic Sobolev inequality is proved on pinned path space on hyperbolic space with non-positive constant curvature where the diffusion coefficient of the Dirichlet form is unbounded but integrable, for standard pinned Brownian motion with logarithmic Sobolev constant 18, for loop spaces over compact Riemannian manifolds with negative curvature, etc.