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Ground States of the $\phi^4$ Double-Well QFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-11-01 v2

Abstract

At second order in perturbation theory, we find the ground states of the ϕ4\phi^4 double-well quantum field theory in 1+1 dimensions. The operators which create these ground states from the free vacuum are constructed explicitly at this order, as is the operator which interpolates between the ground states. As a warm up we perform the analogous calculation in quantum mechanics, where the true ground state is unique but in perturbation theory there are also two ground states.

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@article{arxiv.1909.04946,
  title  = {Ground States of the $\phi^4$ Double-Well QFT},
  author = {Hui Liu and Yao Zhou and Jarah Evslin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.04946},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

16 pages, no figures, v2: Important reference added