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New nonlocal effective action

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

We suggest a new method for the calculation of the nonlocal part of the effective action. It is based on resummation of perturbation series for the heat kernel and its functional trace at large values of the proper time parameter. We derive a new, essentially nonperturbative, nonlocal contribution to the effective action in spacetimes with dimensions d>2d>2.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0203132,
  title  = {New nonlocal effective action},
  author = {A. O. Barvinsky and V. F. Mukhanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0203132},
  year   = {2009}
}

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28 pages, latex, no figures, typos are corrected, presentation improved