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Green Functions, Determinants and Induced Actions in Gauge Theories

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In a theory of quarks and gluons for which the Lagrangian depends bilinearly on the matter fields, important physical properties only become exposed after integration over the matter fields. The conventional integration rules for this integration are well-known [1]:

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Rothe, K.D., Schroer, B. (1980). Green Functions, Determinants and Induced Actions in Gauge Theories. In: Rühl, W. (eds) Field Theoretical Methods in Particle Physics. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3722-5_11

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