EFFECTIVE LANGRANGIAN FOR SELF-INTERACTING SCALAR FIELD-THEORIES IN CURVED SPACETIME

被引:27
作者
KIRSTEN, K [1 ]
COGNOLA, G [1 ]
VANZO, L [1 ]
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,GRP COLLEGATO TRENTO,TRENT,ITALY
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1993年 / 48卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.48.2813
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We consider a self-interacting scalar field theory in a slowly varying gravitational background field. Using zeta-function regularization and heat-kernel techniques, we derive the one-loop effective Lagrangian up to second order in the variation of the background field and up to quadratic terms in the curvature tensors. Specializing to different spacetimes of physical interest, the influence of the curvature on the phase transition is considered.
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页码:2813 / 2822
页数:10
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