REDUCTION METHODS FOR FUNCTIONAL DETERMINANTS IN QUANTUM-GRAVITY AND COSMOLOGY

被引:17
作者
BARVINSKY, AO
机构
[1] Theoretical Physics Institute, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1994年 / 50卷 / 08期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.50.5115
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The reduction algorithms for functional determinants of differential operators on spacetime manifolds of different topological types are presented, which were recently used for the calculation of the no-boundary wave function and the partition function of tunneling geometries in quantum gravity and cosmology.
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页码:5115 / 5124
页数:10
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