Summation formula over the zeros of the associated Legendre function with a physical application

Details Summation formula over the zeros of the associated Legendre function with a physical application Summation formula over the zeros of the associated Legendre function with a physical application

2008-06-04

arxiv.org/abs/0806.0859v1

J.Phys.A41:415203,2008

Physics

Mathematical Physics

18 pages

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/41/41/415203

Associated Legendre functions arise in many problems of mathematical physics. By using the generalized Abel-Plana formula, in this paper we derive a summation formula for the series over the zeros of the associated Legendre function of the first kind with respect to the degree. The summation formula for the series over the zeros of the Bessel function, previously discussed in the literature, is obtained as a limiting case. The Wightman function for a scalar field with general curvature coupling parameter is considered inside a spherical boundary on background of constant negative curvature space. The corresponding mode sum contains series over the zeros of the associated Legendre function. The application of the summation formula allows us to present the Wightman function in the form of the sum of two integrals. The first one corresponds to the Wightman function for the bulk geometry without boundaries and the second one is induced by the presence of the spherical shell. For points away from the boundary the latter is finite in the coincidence limit. In this way the renormalization of the vacuum expectation value of the field squared is reduced to that for the boundary-free part.

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