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Heat-kernel coefficients and functional determinants for higher-spin fields on the ball

Klaus Kirstem, Guido Cognola

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9508088

Abstract

The zeta function associated with higher-spin fields on the Euclidean 4-ball is investigated. The leading coefficients of the corresponding heat-kernel expansion are given explicitly and the zeta functional determinant is calculated. For fermionic fields the determinant is shown to differ for local and spectral boundary conditions.

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