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On free massless (pseudo)scalar quantum field theory in 1+1-dimensional space-time

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We construct a consistent quantum field theory of a free massless (pseudo)scalar field in 1+1-dimensional space-times free of infrared divergences. We show that a continuous symmetry of (pseudo)scalar field translations is spontaneously broken. Goldstone bosons appear as quanta of a free massless (pseudo)scalar field. We show that the main inequality between vacuum expectation values of certain operators which has been used for the derivation of the Mermin-Wagner-Hohenberg theorem is fulfilled in the quantum field theory of a free massless (pseudo)scalar field free of infrared divergences.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0112184,
  title  = {On free massless (pseudo)scalar quantum field theory in 1+1-dimensional space-time},
  author = {M. Faber and A. N. Ivanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0112184},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

20 pages, Latex, no figures, the manuscript is revised according to the version accepted for publication in EPJC