Abstract:
A consistent analytic continuation of the relations of the theory of quantized scalar
(with arbitrary coupling) and vector fields in isotropic metrics into the complex
plane with respect to the number of space-time dimensions is constructed.
Dimensionally regularized values are obtained for the quantities subtracted from
the vacuum energy-momentum tensor when the divergences are eliminated, and
their geometrical structure is established. All the infinite subtractions are
interpreted in terms of renormalizations.