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Variational Solution of the Gross-Neveu Model: finite $N$ and Renormalization

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We show how to perform systematically improvable variational calculations in the O(2N)O(2N) Gross-Neveu model for generic NN, in such a way that all infinities usually plaguing such calculations are accounted for in a way compatible with the perturbative renormalization group . The final point is a general framework for the calculation of non-perturbative quantities like condensates, masses etc\ldots, in an asymptotically free field theory. For the Gross-Neveu model, the numerical results obtained from a ``2-loop'' down to low values of NN.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9511101,
  title  = {Variational Solution of the Gross-Neveu Model: finite $N$ and Renormalization},
  author = {C. Arvanitis and F. Geniet and M. Iacomi and J. -L. Kneur and A. Neveu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9511101},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

35 pages, Latex, 5 figures. Correction of a trivial mistake in the Pad\'e approximant numerical program leads to a significant improvement of the variational results for the mass gap, for arbitrary N. A more complete comparison of different Pad\'e approximants is performed. Text modified according to these new results, one figure and two references added