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Renormalization in Quantum Statistics of Systems with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v2

Abstract

Renormalization in quantum statistics in the presence of a charge associated to a spontaneously broken symmetry is discussed for the scalar field model. In contrast to the case of non-broken symmetry, the renormalization mass counterterm depends on the chemical potential. We argue that this is connected to the ill-defined character of the charge operator.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9309122,
  title  = {Renormalization in Quantum Statistics of Systems with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking},
  author = {M. Chaichian and J. L. Lucio M. and C. Montonen and H. Perez Rojas and M. Vargas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9309122},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages (plain TeX), HU-SEFT R 1993-8. (Offending bold greek removed)