THE COVARIANT TECHNIQUE FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE HEAT KERNEL ASYMPTOTIC-EXPANSION

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AVRAMIDI, IG
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[1] Institute of Theoretical Physics, University Karlsruhe, D-7500 Karlsruhe 1
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10.1016/0370-2693(90)92105-R
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We develop a manifestly covariant technique for the calculation of the coefficients of the heat kernel asymptotic expansion in the presence of arbitrary background fields in curved space. The fourth coefficient is explicitly computed. © 1990.
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