Discrete symmetries of functional determinants
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Abstract:
We study discrete (duality) symmetries of functional determinants. An exact transformation of the effective action under the inversion of background fields is found. We show that in many cases this inversion does not change functional determinants. Explicitly studied models include a matrix theory in two dimensions, the dilaton-Maxwell theory in four dimensions on manifolds without a boundary, and a two-dimensional dilaton theory on manifolds with boundaries. Our results provide an exact relation between strong and weak coupling regimes with possible applications to string theory, black hole physics and dimensionally reduced models.- 04.62.+v (Quantum field theory in curved spacetime)
- 11.15.Tk (Other nonperturbative techniques)
- 11.30.Ly (Other internal and higher symmetries)
- Duality
- Index theorem
- Effective action
- Dilaton
- space-time
- field theory: scalar
- gauge field theory
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