Path integral of free fields and the determinant of Laplacian in warped space-time
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| author | Chakraborty, Soumangsu Hashimoto, Akikazu Nastase, Horatiu |
| author_facet | Chakraborty, Soumangsu Hashimoto, Akikazu Nastase, Horatiu |
| contents | We revisit the problem of computing the determinant of Klein-Gordon operator $Δ= -\nabla^2 + M^2$ on Euclideanized $AdS_3$ with the Euclideanized time coordinate compactified with period $β$, $H_3/Z$, by explicitly computing its eigenvalues and computing their product. Upon assuming that eigenfunctions are normalizable on $H_3/Z$, we found that there are no such eigenfunctions. Upon closer examination, we discover that the intuition that $H_3/Z$ is like a box with normalizable eigenfunctions was false, and that there is, instead, a set of eigenfunctions which forms a continuum. Somewhat to our surprise, we find that there is a different operator $\tilde Δ= r^2 Δ$, which has the property that (1) the determinant of $Δ$ and the determinant of $r^2 Δ$ have the same dependence on $β$, and that (2) the Green's function of $Δ$ can be spectrally decomposed into eigenfunctions of $\tilde Δ$. We identify the $\tilde Δ$ operator as the ``weighted Laplacian'' in the context of warped compactifications, and comment on possible applications. |
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| spellingShingle | Path integral of free fields and the determinant of Laplacian in warped space-time Chakraborty, Soumangsu Hashimoto, Akikazu Nastase, Horatiu High Energy Physics - Theory We revisit the problem of computing the determinant of Klein-Gordon operator $Δ= -\nabla^2 + M^2$ on Euclideanized $AdS_3$ with the Euclideanized time coordinate compactified with period $β$, $H_3/Z$, by explicitly computing its eigenvalues and computing their product. Upon assuming that eigenfunctions are normalizable on $H_3/Z$, we found that there are no such eigenfunctions. Upon closer examination, we discover that the intuition that $H_3/Z$ is like a box with normalizable eigenfunctions was false, and that there is, instead, a set of eigenfunctions which forms a continuum. Somewhat to our surprise, we find that there is a different operator $\tilde Δ= r^2 Δ$, which has the property that (1) the determinant of $Δ$ and the determinant of $r^2 Δ$ have the same dependence on $β$, and that (2) the Green's function of $Δ$ can be spectrally decomposed into eigenfunctions of $\tilde Δ$. We identify the $\tilde Δ$ operator as the ``weighted Laplacian'' in the context of warped compactifications, and comment on possible applications. |
| title | Path integral of free fields and the determinant of Laplacian in warped space-time |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13791 |