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arxiv: hep-th/0008045 · v2 · submitted 2000-08-04 · ✦ hep-th

Dimensional regularization of nonlinear sigma models on a finite time interval

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keywords regularizationdimensionalfinitecountertermintervalmodelsnonlinearsigma
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We extend dimensional regularization to the case of compact spaces. Contrary to previous regularization schemes employed for nonlinear sigma models on a finite time interval (``quantum mechanical path integrals in curved space'') dimensional regularization requires only a covariant finite two-loop counterterm. This counterterm is nonvanishing and given by R/8.

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