On the physical interpretation of effective actions using Schwinger's formula

DOI10.1007/BF00750068zbMATH Open0833.47057arXivhep-th/9404087OpenAlexW3099642055MaRDI QIDQ1900479FDOQ1900479

Authors: Silvio J. Rabello, Luiz C. de Albuquerque, C. Farina, Arvind Narayan Vaidya 

Publication date: 30 November 1995

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show explicitly that Schwinger's formula for one-loop effective actions corresponds to the summation of energies associated with the zero-point oscillations of the fields. We begin with a formal proof, and after that we confirm it using a regularization prescription.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404087

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zbMATH Keywords

regularization prescriptionSchwinger's formula for one-loop effective actionssummation of energies associated with the zero-point oscillations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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• On Gauge Invariance and Vacuum Polarization
• Casimir effect in source theory. II
• On Schwinger's method for obtaining the Casimir effect

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