Zeta function regularization for a scalar field in a compact domain
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
math.MP
Abstract
We express the zeta function associated to the Laplacian operator on in terms of the zeta function associated to the Laplacian on , where is a compact connected Riemannian manifold. This gives formulas for the partition function of the associated physical model at low and high temperature for any compact domain . Furthermore, we provide an exact formula for the zeta function at any value of when is a -dimensional box or a -dimensional torus; this allows a rigorous calculation of the zeta invariants and the analysis of the main thermodynamic functions associated to the physical models at finite temperature.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0410019,
title = {Zeta function regularization for a scalar field in a compact domain},
author = {G. Ortenzi and M. Spreafico},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0410019},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
19 pages, no figures, to appear in J. Phys. A