The Polyakov loop and the heat kernel expansion at finite temperature

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 563, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 173-178

  Megias E ^a   Arriola, E Ruiz ^a   Salcedo, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effective action; Finite temperature; Gauge invariance; Heat kernel expansion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HEAT; QUANTUM THEORY; SPACE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0037834639     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00699-3     Document Type: Article

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