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Thermal Effective Potential of the O(N) Linear sigma Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The finite-temperature effective potential of the O(N) linear \sigma model is studied, with emphasis on the implications for the investigation of hot hadron dynamics. The contributions from all the ``bubble diagrams'' are fully taken into account for arbitrary N; this also allows to address some long-standing issues concerning the use of non-perturbative approaches in (finite-temperature) field theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9702403,
  title  = {Thermal Effective Potential of the O(N) Linear sigma Model},
  author = {G. Amelino-Camelia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9702403},
  year   = {2009}
}

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