A summation formula over the zeros of a combination of the associated Legendre functions with a physical application

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/46/465210zbMATH Open1185.33012arXiv0904.1947OpenAlexW3101174914MaRDI QIDQ3650344FDOQ3650344

Authors: A. A. Saharian 

Publication date: 14 December 2009

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: By using the generalized Abel-Plana formula, we derive a summation formula for the series over the zeros of a combination of the associated Legendre functions with respect to the degree. The summation formula for the series over the zeros of the combination of the Bessel functions, previously discussed in the literature, is obtained as a limiting case. As an application we evaluate the Wightman function for a scalar field with general curvature coupling parameter in the region between concentric spherical shells on background of constant negative curvature space. For the Dirichlet boundary conditions the corresponding mode-sum contains series over the zeros of the combination of the associated Legendre functions. The application of the summation formula allows us to present the Wightman function in the form of the sum of two integrals. The first one corresponds to the Wightman function for the geometry of a single spherical shell and the second one is induced by the presence of the second shell. The boundary-induced part in the vacuum expectation value of the field squared is investigated. For points away from the boundaries the corresponding renormalization procedure is reduced to that for the boundary-free part.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.1947

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zbMATH Keywords

Legendre functionsummation formulaWightman function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Applications of hypergeometric functions (33C90) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

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