Physics Asked on December 27, 2020
From here, I’m trying to integrate out the massive fields of the $D0$ brane action, expanded around a classical background. I have a ghost action with complex fields:
$$S_{GH} = i int dtau overline{c}_{1} (- partial_{tau}^{2} + r^{2}) c_{1} + overline{c}_{2} (- partial_{tau}^{2} + r^{2}) c_{2} – overline{c}_{3} partial_{tau}^{2} c_{3} + sqrt{g}epsilon^{abc}(partial_{tau} overline{c}^{a}) c^{b} A^{c} – sqrt{g}epsilon^{a3x} epsilon^{cbx} B^{i}_{3} overline{c}^{a} c^{b} Y^{i}_{c} $$
I know that there are two bosons with $m^{2} = r^{2}$ and one boson with $m^{2} = 0$. My question is: how do I get the determinant when the fields $c_{1}, c_{2}$ and their complex conjugates are integrated out, given that the terms are not in the simple form $phi (-partial_{tau}^{2} + m^{2}) phi$?
I missed that it was one dimensional! For a general operator $-partial_t^2+V(t)$ one can use the shooting method to relate $det[-partial_t^2+V(t)]$ with boundary conditions $psi(0)=0=psi(L)$to the corresponding Schroedinger equation: If $$ (-partial_t^2+V(t))psi(t)=lambda psi(t) $$ with initial conditions $psi(0)=0$, $psi'(0)=1$, then $$ frac{det[-partial_t^2+V_1(t)]}{det[-partial_t^2+V_2(t)]}= frac{psi_1(L)}{psi_2(L)}. $$
Similarly one can relate $det[-partial_t^2+V(t)]$ on the whole real line to the transmision coefficient $T(lambda)$.
In the paper they just have a harmonic oscillator so everything boils down to Mehler's formula [eq (3.2) in your paper].
Correct answer by mike stone on December 27, 2020
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