Published February 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Lattice background effective action: a proposal

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bari (Italy)
  • 2. Bari Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Fisica

Description

We propose a method based on the Schroedinger functional for computing on the lattice the gauge invariant effective action for external background fields. We check this method by studying the U(1) lattice gauge theory in presence of a constant magnetic background field. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
53
Journal Page Range
p. 574-577.
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
14. international symposium on lattice field theory (Lattice-14).
Dates
4-8 Jun 1996.
Place
St. Louis, MO (United States).