A Comment on Geometric Entropy and Conical Space
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It has been recently pointed out that a definition of geometric entropy using a partition function in a conical space does not in general lead to positive definite quantity. We clarify especially for a scalar field with non-minimal coupling the origin of the anomalous behavior from the viewpoint of canonical formulation.
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A Comment on the Geometric Entropy and Conical Space
It has been recently pointed out that a definition of the geometric entropy using the partition function in a conical space does not in general lead to a positive definite quantity. For a scalar field model with a non-minimal coupling we clarify the origin of the anomalous behavior from the viewpoint of the canonical formulation.
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