Published July 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Method of a covering space in quantum field theory

  • 1. Dnepropetrovskij Gosudarstvennyj Univ. (Ukrainian SSR)

Description

To construct the Green function of the Laplace operator in the domain M bounded by conducting surfaces the generalized method of images is used. It is based on replacement of the domain M by its discrete bundle and that is why the term ''method of covering space'' is used. Continuing one of the coordinates to imaginary values the euclidean Green function is transformed into the causal one. This allows one to compute vacuum stress-energy tensor of the scalar massless field if the vacuum is stable

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Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Метод накрывающего пространства в квантовой теории поля

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Teor. Mat. Fiz.
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
1
Series
Teor. Mat. Fiz.
Journal Page Range
51-62
ISSN
0564-6162

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Notes
For English translation see the journal Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (USA).