Published 1994 | Version v1
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Physical interpretation of Schwinger's formula for effective actions

  • 1. Rio de Janeiro Univ., RJ (Brazil). Inst. de Fisica

Description

We show explicitly that Schwinger's formula for one-loop effective actions corresponds to the summation of energies associated with the zero-point oscillations of the fields. We begin with a formal proof, and after that we confirm it using a regularization prescription. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the 15. Brazilian national meeting on particles and fields

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 15. Brazilian national meeting on particles and fields
Imprint Pagination
329 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 244-246

Conference

Title
15. Brazilian national meeting on particles and fields
Original Conference Title
15. Encontro nacional de fisica de particulas e campos
Dates
4-8 Oct 1994
Place
Angra dos Reis, RJ (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
29044706
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; FIELD THEORIES; OSCILLATIONS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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Notes
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