ON THE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF EFFECTIVE ACTIONS USING SCHWINGERS FORMULA

Authors
DEALBUQUERQUE LC FARINA C RABELLO SJ VAIDYA AN
Citation
Lc. Dealbuquerque et al., ON THE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF EFFECTIVE ACTIONS USING SCHWINGERS FORMULA, letters in mathematical physics, 34(4), 1995, pp. 373-377
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
letters in mathematical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03779017
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
373 - 377
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-9017(1995)34:4<373:OTPIOE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We show explicitly that Schwinger's formula for one-loop effective act ions corresponds to the summation of energies associated with the zero -point oscillations of the fields. We begin with a formal proof and af ter that we confirm it using a regularization prescription.