03486nam 2200553Ia 450 991013376100332120200520144314.03-642-29405-710.1007/978-3-642-29405-1(CKB)3360000000369959(SSID)ssj0000697631(PQKBManifestationID)11386085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697631(PQKBWorkID)10708920(PQKB)10235218(DE-He213)978-3-642-29405-1(MiAaPQ)EBC3070575(PPN)168314495(EXLCZ)99336000000036995920120618d2012 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrTen physical applications of spectral zeta functions /Emilio Elizalde2nd ed.Heidelberg ;New York Springer20121 online resource (XIV, 227 p. 14 illus.)Lecture notes in physics,0075-8450 ;v. 855Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-642-29404-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-223) and index.Introduction and Outlook -- Mathematical Formulas Involving the Different Zeta Functions -- A Treatment of the Non-Polynomial Contributions: Application to Calculate Partition Functions of Strings and Membranes -- Analytical and Numerical Study of Inhomogeneous Epstein and Epstein-Hurwitz Zeta Functions -- Physical Application: the Casimir Effect -- Five Physical Applications of The Inhomogeneous Generalized Epstein-Hurwitz Zeta Functions -- Miscellaneous Applications Combing Zeta With Other Regularization Procedures -- Applications to Gravity, Strings and P-Branes -- Eleventh Application: Topological Symmetry Breaking in Self-Interacting Theories -- Twelfth Application: Cosmology and The Quantum-Vacuum -- References -- Index.Zeta-function regularization is a powerful method in perturbation theory. This book is meant as a guide for the student of this subject. Everything is explained in detail, in particular the mathematical difficulties and tricky points, and several applications are given to show how the procedure works in practice (e.g. Casimir effect, gravity and string theory, high-temperature phase transition, topological symmetry breaking, noncommutative spacetime). The formulas some of which are new can be used for physically meaningful, accurate numerical calculations.  The book is to be considered as a basic introduction and a collection of exercises for those who want to apply this regularization procedure in practice.   This thoroughly revised, updated and expanded edition includes in particular new explicit formulas on the general quadratic, Chowla-Selberg series case, an interplay with the Hadamard calculus, and features a new chapter on recent cosmological applications including the calculation of the vacuum energy fluctuations at large scale in braneworld and other models.Lecture notes in physics ;855.Functions, ZetaMathematical physicsFunctions, Zeta.Mathematical physics.530.1/5556Elizalde E754417MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910133761003321Ten physical applications of spectral zeta functions1517996UNINA