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Dirichlet oscillator fluctuation determinant

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The quadratic fluctuation eigenvalues are (nπ/T)2+ω2. Dividing by the free-particle determinant gives ∏n≥1​[1+(ωT/nπ)2]−1/2=ωT/sinh(ωT)​. The short-time free kernel fixes the absolute normalization.

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