Spectral Geometry and One-loop Divergences on Manifolds with Conical Singularities

Abstract

Geometrical form of the one-loop divergences induced by conical singularities of background manifolds is studied. To this aim the heat kernel asymptotic expansion on spaces having the structure $C_{\alpha}\times \Sigma$ near singular surface $\Sigma$ is analysed. Surface corrections to standard second and third heat coefficients are obtained explicitly in terms of angle $\alpha$ of a cone $C_{\alpha}$ and components of the Riemann tensor. These results are compared to ones to be already known for some particular cases. Physical aspects of the surface divergences are shortly discussed.