Solution to the 3-Loop $\Phi$-Derivable Approximation for Massless Scalar Thermodynamics
Abstract
We develop a systematic method for solving the 3-loop -derivable approximation to the thermodynamics of the massless field theory. The method involves expanding sum-integrals in powers of and m/T, where g is the coupling constant, m is a variational mass parameter, and T is the temperature. The problem is reduced to one with the single variational parameter m by solving the variational equations order-by-order in and m/T. At the variational point, there are ultraviolet divergences of order that cannot be removed by any renormalization of the coupling constant. We define a finite thermodynamic potential by truncating at order in g and m/T. The associated thermodynamic functions seem to be perturbatively stable and insensitive to variations in the renormalization scale.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0107118,
title = {Solution to the 3-Loop $\Phi$-Derivable Approximation for Massless Scalar Thermodynamics},
author = {Eric Braaten and Emmanuel Petitgirard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0107118},
year = {2009}
}
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57 pages, 10 figures