Heat trace asymptotics with transmittal boundary conditions and quantum brane-world scenario

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 601, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 125-148

  Gilkey, Peter B ^a   Kirsten, Klaus ^b   Vassilevich, Dmitri V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brane world scenario; Heat equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035821469     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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