Published November 28, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

The trace of the fermion heat kernel in a constant field as a classical problem

Creators

  • 1. Bylgarska Akademiya na Naukite, Sofia. Inst. po Yadrena Fizika i Yadrena Energetika

Description

The heat kernel of Dirac fermions in a constant gauge field is calculated using the supersymmetric sigma-model. It is shown that not only the index and the anomaly, but also the other characteristics of the Dirac operator are expressed through characteristic polynomials. The trace of the heat kernel can be found by solving a problem in classical mechanics. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
163
Journal Issue
5/6
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
363-366
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA