Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1997-10-06
Commun.Math.Phys. 200 (1999) 495-543
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
50 pages, LaTeX, 127 KB, no figures, Sections 3 and 7 completely revised
Scientific paper
10.1007/s002200050539
The boundary-value problem for Laplace-type operators acting on smooth sections of a vector bundle over a compact Riemannian manifold with generalized local boundary conditions including both normal and tangential derivatives is studied. The condition of strong ellipticity of this boundary-value problem is formulated. The resolvent kernel and the heat kernel in the leading approximation are explicitly constructed. As a result, the previous work in the literature on heat-kernel asymptotics is shown to be a particular case of a more general structure. For a bosonic gauge theory on a compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary, the problem is studied of obtaining a gauge-field operator of Laplace type, jointly with local and gauge-invariant boundary conditions, which should lead to a strongly elliptic boundary-value problem. The scheme is extended to fermionic gauge theories by means of local and gauge-invariant projectors. After deriving a general condition for the validity of strong ellipticity for gauge theories, it is proved that for Euclidean Yang--Mills theory and Rarita--Schwinger fields all the above conditions can be satisfied. For Euclidean quantum gravity, however, this property no longer holds, i.e. the corresponding boundary-value problem is not strongly elliptic. Some non-standard local formulae for the leading asymptotics of the heat-kernel diagonal are also obtained. It is shown that, due to the absence of strong ellipticity, the heat-kernel diagonal is non-integrable near the boundary.
Avramidi Ivan G.
Esposito Giampiero
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