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Solving RG equations with the Lambert W function

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-04-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

It has been known for some time that 2-loop renormalization group (RG) equations of a dimensionless parameter can be solved in a closed form in terms of the Lambert W function. We apply the method to a generic theory with a Gaussian fixed point to construct RG invariant physical parameters such as a coupling constant and a physical squared mass. As a further application, we speculate a possible exact effective potential for the O(N) linear sigma model in four dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1302.6069,
  title  = {Solving RG equations with the Lambert W function},
  author = {H. Sonoda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.6069},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

14 pages, 4 figures; errors corrected, relevant references added, 3 figures added

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