Heat kernel expansions for distributional backgrounds

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00966-7MaRDI QIDQ6205166zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ian G. Moss

Publication date 17 October 2000

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007185

zbMATH Keywords

background potentialsdistributional backgroundsexpansion coefficientsfield strengthsheat kernel expansionsQFTquantum field theoryvacuum fluctuations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

Abstract: Heat kernel expansion coefficients are calculated for vacuum fluctuations with distributional background potentials and field strengths. Terms up to and including t^5/2 are presented.

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