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Heat kernel regularization of quantum fields

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We discuss some consequences of the existence of a heat kernel regularization (HKR) for quantum fields. We demonstrate that HKR applies in certain examples, using methods which should be useful more generally.

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  1. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Arthur Jaffe, Andrzej Lesniewski & Christian Wieczerkowski

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Communicated by A. Jaffe

Supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant PHY/DMS 86-45122

Supported in part by a German National Scholarship Foundation fellowship

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Jaffe, A., Lesniewski, A. & Wieczerkowski, C. Heat kernel regularization of quantum fields. Commun.Math. Phys. 121, 337–344 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01217810

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