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Effective Lagrangians for Scalar Fields and Finite Size Effects in Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We discuss the approach of effective field theory on a d-dimensional Euclidean space in a scalar theory with two different mass scales in the presence of flat surfaces. Then considering Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, we implement the renormalization program in the lambda phi^{4} theory in a region bounded by two parallel hyperplanes in the one-loop approximation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0207202,
  title  = {Effective Lagrangians for Scalar Fields and Finite Size Effects in Field Theory},
  author = {M. I. Caicedo and N. F. Svaiter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0207202},
  year   = {2008}
}