Exact formfactors in the one-loop curved-space QED and the nonlocal multiplicative anomaly

DOI10.1142/S0217751X10049669zbMATH Open1193.81096arXiv0904.4171OpenAlexW2029001554MaRDI QIDQ3583151FDOQ3583151

Authors: Bruno Gonçalves, G. de Berredo-Peixoto, Ilya L. Shapiro 

Publication date: 26 August 2010

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The well-known formula $det(AcdotB)=detAcdotdetB$ can be easily proved for finite dimensional matrices but it may be incorrect for the functional determinants of differential operators, including the ones which are relevant for Quantum Field Theory applications. Considerable work has been done to prove that this equality can be violated, but in all previously known cases the difference could be reduced to renormalization ambiguity. We present the first example, where the difference between the two functional determinants is a nonlocal expression and therefore can not be explained by the renormalization ambiguity. Moreover, through the use of other even dimensions we explain the origin of this difference at qualitative level.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4171

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zbMATH Keywords

proceedingsQEDmultiplicative anomalyformfactors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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• A NOTE ON THE HEAT KERNEL METHOD APPLIED TO FERMIONS

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