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Finite-Temperature Renormalization Group Predictions: The Critical Temperature Exponents, and Amplitude Ratios

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Condensed Matter

Abstract

λφ4\lambda\varphi^4 theory at finite temperature suffers from infrared divergences near the temperature at which the symmetry is restored. These divergences are handled using renormalization group methods. Flow equations which use a fiducial mass as flow parameter are well adapted to predicting the non-trivial critical exponents whose presence is reflected in these divergences. Using a fiducial temperature as flow parameter, we predict the critical temperature, at which the mass vanishes, in terms of the zero-temperature mass and coupling. We find some universal amplitude ratios which connect the broken and symmetric phases of the theory which agree well with those of the three-dimensional Ising model obtained from high- and low-temperature series expansions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9601165,
  title  = {Finite-Temperature Renormalization Group Predictions: The Critical Temperature Exponents, and Amplitude Ratios},
  author = {F. Freire and Denjoe O'Connor and C. R. Stephens and M. A. van Eijck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9601165},
  year   = {2007}
}

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