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Vilkovisky-de Witt effective action in quantum field theory in curved spacetime

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The potentialities of the application of the Vilkovisky-de Witt effective action in quantum field theory in curved spacetime are discussed. A number of examples is given, in which this effective action eliminates problems related to the standard effective action.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 107–110, April, 1990.

The author thanks I. L. Buchbinder for discussion of the work.

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Odintsov, S.D. Vilkovisky-de Witt effective action in quantum field theory in curved spacetime. Soviet Physics Journal 34, 370–373 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898106

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