Title
Spinor and scalar effective actions in gauge-theories
Date of Completion
January 2010
Keywords
Physics, Quantum|Physics, Theory
Degree
Ph.D.
Abstract
In this dissertation, I investigate the effective action in gauge theories. I present new relations between the spinor and scalar one-loop effective action in constant electromagnetic background fields. I apply similar techniques to show a new correspondence between the spinor and scalar one-loop effective action in curved spacetime. Functional determinants are related to the effective action. I study how some recently developed techniques for calculating functional determinants on radially symmetric backgrounds may be applied to different problems in spinor gauge theories. There are only a few known closed-form results for the effective action at the two-loop level. I present a closed-form for the weak-field expansion coefficients of the two-loop Euler-Heisenberg effective action on a magnetic or electric field. ^
Recommended Citation
Huet, Adolfo, "Spinor and scalar effective actions in gauge-theories" (2010). Doctoral Dissertations. AAI3415546.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/AAI3415546