Kabat's Surface Terms in the Zeta-Function approach
Abstract
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The thermal partition functions of photons in any covariant gauge and gravitons in the harmonic gauge, propagating in a Rindler wedge, are computed using a local zeta-function approach. The relation with the surface terms previously obtained by D. Kabat is studied. The results are discussed in relation to the quantum corrections to the black hole entropy.
5 pages, LaTex using sprocl.sty, no figures, Talk given at the 12th Italian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitational Physics, Rome, Italy, 23-27 Sep 1996
5 pages, LaTex using sprocl.sty, no figures, Talk given at the 12th Italian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitational Physics, Rome, Italy, 23-27 Sep 1996