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Vacuum Polarization at Finite Temperature around a Magnetic Flux Cosmic String

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-04-06 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider a general situation where a charged massive scalar field ϕ(x)\phi(x) at finite temperature interacts with a magnetic flux cosmic string. We determine a general expression for the Euclidean thermal Green's function of the massive scalar field and a handy expression for a massless scalar field. With this result, we evaluate the thermal average <ϕ2(x)><\phi^{2}(x)> and the thermal average of the energy-momentum tensor of a nonconformal massless scalar field.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9502003,
  title  = {Vacuum Polarization at Finite Temperature around a Magnetic Flux Cosmic String},
  author = {M. E. X. Guimarães},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9502003},
  year   = {2010}
}

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22 pages, latex, no figures