Heat kernel expansions for distributional backgrounds

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00966-7zbMATH Open1094.81557arXivhep-th/0007185OpenAlexW1983879118MaRDI QIDQ6205166FDOQ6205166

Ian G. Moss

Publication date: 17 October 2000

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

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.

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

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theoryvacuum fluctuationsexpansion coefficientsQFTfield strengthsheat kernel expansionsbackground potentialsdistributional backgrounds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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