Published September 1986 | Version v1
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Functional determinants and effective action for conformal scalar and spinor fields in an external gravitational field

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR

Description

A method of calculating the determinants of certain differential operators that arise in quantum field theory is developed. It is shown that the ratios of two determinants for conformally related metrics in the case of conformal coupling with matter fields can be calculated exactly

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
3
Series
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
534-539
ISSN
0038-5506
CODEN
SJNCA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18062596
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALAR FIELDS; SPINOR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Yadernaya Fizika (USSR).