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Fixed-Point Structure of Scalar Fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We search for alternatives to the trivial ϕ4\phi^4 field theory by including arbitrary powers of the self-coupling. Such theories are renormalizable when the natural cutoff dependencies of the coupling constants are taken into account. We find a continuum of fixed points, which includes the well-known Gaussian fixed point. The fixed point density has a maximum at a location corresponding to a theory with a Higgs mass of approximately 2700 GeV. The Gaussian fixed point is UV stable in some directions in the extended parameter space. Along such directions we obtain non-trivial asymptotically free theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9406199,
  title  = {Fixed-Point Structure of Scalar Fields},
  author = {Kenneth Halpern and Kerson Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9406199},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages of Tex with 1 UUencoded figure appended at end