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Functional determinants in euclidean Yang-Mills theory

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We study functional determinants entering the path integral for topologically non-trivial sectors of Euclidean SU(2) Yang-Mills theory and we derive some results in exact closed form.

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  1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Constantine Callias

  2. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, 02136, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Clifford H. Taubes

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Communicated by A. Jaffe

This work is supported through funds provided by the US Department of Energy (DOE) under Contract EY-76-C-02-3069 and by the National Science Foundation through funds provided under Contract PHY 79-16812

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Callias, C., Taubes, C.H. Functional determinants in euclidean Yang-Mills theory. Commun.Math. Phys. 77, 229–250 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01269922

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