On functional determinants of matrix differential operators with multiple zero modes

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA9205MaRDI QIDQ4600916zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. M. Falco, A. A. Fedorenko, Ilya A. Gruzberg

Publication date 18 January 2018

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.07329

zbMATH Keywords

instantonsfunctional determinantsmatrix differential operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Linear ordinary differential equations and systems (34A30) Linear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B05) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10)

Abstract: We generalize the method of computing functional determinants with a single excluded zero eigenvalue developed by McKane and Tarlie to differential operators with multiple zero eigenvalues. We derive general formulas for such functional determinants of $rimesr$ matrix second order differential operators $O$ with $0<nleqslant2r$ linearly independent zero modes. We separately discuss the cases of the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, when the number of zero modes cannot exceed $r$, and the case of twisted boundary conditions, including the periodic and anti-periodic ones, when the number of zero modes is bounded above by $2r$. In all cases the determinants with excluded zero eigenvalues can be expressed only in terms of the $n$ zero modes and other $r-n$ or $2r-n$ (depending on the boundary conditions) solutions of the homogeneous equation $Oh=0$, in the spirit of Gel'fand-Yaglom approach. In instanton calculations, the contribution of the zero modes is taken into account by introducing the so-called collective coordinates. We show that there is a remarkable cancellation of a factor (involving scalar products of zero modes) between the Jacobian of the transformation to the collective coordinates and the functional fluctuation determinant with excluded zero eigenvalues. This cancellation drastically simplifies instanton calculations when one uses our formulas.

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