Effective action and Schwinger-DeWitt technique in DGP brane models

TL;DR

This paper develops a blueprint for applying the Schwinger-DeWitt technique to compute the quantum effective action in DGP brane models within curved spacetime, facilitating better understanding of quantum effects in such models.

Contribution

It introduces a covariant curvature expansion method using the Schwinger-DeWitt technique specifically tailored for DGP brane models in curved spacetime.

Findings

Provides a systematic approach for quantum effective action calculation.

Enables covariant curvature expansion in DGP models.

Facilitates analysis of quantum effects in brane-world scenarios.

Abstract

We give blueprints of the Schwinger-DeWitt technique for the covariant curvature expansion of quantum effective action for the DGP type models in curved spacetime.