The heat kernel approach for calculating the effective action in quantum field theory and quantum gravity

Details The heat kernel approach for calculating the effective action in quantum field theory and quantum gravity The heat kernel approach for calculating the effective action in quantum field theory and quantum gravity

1995-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9509077v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

21 pages, Plain TeX, 52 KB, no figures

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A short informal overview about recent progress in the calculation of the effective action in quantum gravity is given. I describe briefly the standard heat kernel approach to the calculation of the effective action and discuss the applicability of the Schwinger - De Witt asymptotic expansion in the case of strong background fields. I propose a new ansatz for the heat kernel that generalizes the Schwinger - De Witt one and is always valid. Then I discuss the general structure of the asymptotic expansion and put forward some approximate explicitly covariant methods for calculating the heat kernel, namely, the high-energy approximation as well as the low-energy one. In both cases the explicit formulae for the heat kernel are given.

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