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Worldline Formalism and Noncommutative Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-10-07 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The objective of this Ph.D. thesis is the implementation of the Worldline Formalism in the frame of Noncommutative Quantum Field Theories. The result is a master formula for the 1-loop effective action that is applied to a number of scalar models -- among them the Grosse-Wulkenhaar model. As a byproduct we find an expression for the small propertime expansion of general nonlocal operators' Heat Kernel. As an introduction, basic notions of spectral functions, Quantum Field Theories --path integrals and renormalization by means of spectral functions-- and the Worldline Formalism for commutative theories are given.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01387,
  title  = {Worldline Formalism and Noncommutative Theories},
  author = {Sebastián A. Franchino-Viñas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01387},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Ph.D. thesis, in spanish, 166 pages, 8 figures. Advisor: P.A.G. Pisani. Co-advisor: H.Falomir. En espa\~nol