Vacuum Polarization at Finite Temperature around a Magnetic Flux Cosmic String
Abstract
We consider a general situation where a charged massive scalar field φ(x) at finite temperature interacts with a magnetic flux cosmic string. We determine a general expression for the Euclidean thermal Green's function of the massive scalar field and a handy expression for a massless scalar field. With this result, we evaluate the thermal average <φ2(x)> and the thermal average of the energy-momentum tensor of a nonconformal massless scalar field.
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