 Coherent-state thermal boundary conditions

The thermal trace closes bosonic coherent-state paths periodically and fermionic coherent-state paths antiperiodically: $\psi (\beta )=\zeta \psi (0)$ and $\bar{\psi }(\beta )=\zeta \bar{\psi }(0)$, with $\zeta =1$ for bosons and $-1$ for fermions. The minus sign follows from the fermionic coherent-state trace, not from choosing a different Hamiltonian. These boundary conditions determine the allowed Matsubara frequencies.