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We consider renormalisable models extended in the scalar sector by a generic scalar field in addition to the standard model Higgs boson field, and work out the effective theory for the latter in the decoupling limit. We match the full…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-28 Cheng-Wei Chiang , Ran Huo

The general charge-conserving effective scalar field theory incorporating violations of Lorentz symmetry is presented. The dispersion relation is used to infer the effects of spin-independent Lorentz violation on point-particle motion. A…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-29 Benjamin R. Edwards

We describe the most general local, Lorentz-invariant, effective field theory of scalars, fermions and gauge bosons up to mass dimension 6. We first obtain both a Green and a physical basis for such an effective theory, together with the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-24 Renato M. Fonseca , Pablo Olgoso , José Santiago

The derivative expansion of the effective action is considered in the model with two interacting real scalar fields in curved spacetime. Using the functional approach and local momentum representation, the coefficient of the derivative term…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-01 Alícia G. Borges , Ilya L. Shapiro

Scalar fields appear in many theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. In the early universe, they are exposed to extreme conditions, including high temperature and rapid cosmic expansion. Understanding their behavior in this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-08-21 Yeuk-Kwan E. Cheung , Marco Drewes , Jin U Kang , Jong Chol Kim

Using the Worldline formalism of QED we compute the two-loop effective action induced by a charged scalar, respectively spinor particle in a general constant electromagnetic field.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-09-13 Boris Körs , Michael G. Schmidt

In this paper we continue and improve the analysis of the effective actions obtained by integrating out a scalar and a fermion field coupled to external symmetric sources, started in the previous paper. The first subject we study is the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-14 L. Bonora , M. Cvitan , P. Dominis Prester , S. Giaccari , T. Štemberga

We revise the calculation of the one-loop effective action for scalar and spinor fields coupled to the dilaton in two dimensions. Applying the method of covariant perturbation theory for the heat kernel we derive the effective action in an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Yu. V. Gusev , A. I. Zelnikov

We apply the worldline formalism to the Grosse-Wulkenhaar model and obtain an expression for the one-loop effective action which provides an efficient way for computing Schwinger functions in this theory. Using this expression we obtain the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-08 Sebastián Franchino Viñas , Pablo Pisani

We develop a systematic approach to obtain an effective Lagrangian for 2D non-Abelian topological BF theory. A general expression is presented in a diagrammatic representation containing solely scalar fields. Expressions for the SU(2) and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-04 Pongwit Srisangyingcharoen , Paul Mansfield

We derive a general formula for two-loop counterterms in Effective Field Theories (EFTs) using a geometric approach. This formula allows the two-loop results of our previous paper to be applied to a wide range of theories. The two-loop…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-13 Elizabeth E. Jenkins , Aneesh V. Manohar , Luca Naterop , Julie Pagès

We calculate explicitly the one-loop effective potential in different Lorentz-breaking field theory models. First, we consider a Yukawa-like theory and, then, some examples of Lorentz-violating extensions of scalar QED. We observed, for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 A. P. Baeta Scarpelli , L. C. T. Brito , J. C. C. Felipe , J. R. Nascimento , A. Yu. Petrov

We provide a complete classification of Poincar\'e-invariant scalar field theories with an enlarged set of classical symmetries to leading order in derivatives, namely for the so-called $P(X,\phi)$ theories, in two or more spacetime…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Tanguy Grall , Sadra Jazayeri , Enrico Pajer

We formulate a generic three-dimensional higher-derivative superfield theory for self-interacting scalar superfield action. We consider the cases of real and complex scalar superfields. For these theories, we explicitly calculate the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-09-30 F. S. Gama , J. R. Nascimento , A. Yu. Petrov

A general structure of effective action in new chiral superfield model associated with $N=1$, $D=4$ supergravity is investigated. This model corresponds to finite quantum field theory and does not demand the regularization and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 I. L. Buchbinder , A. Yu. Petrov

The aim of this article is to calculate (to first order in $\hbar$) the renormalized effective action of a self interacting massive scalar field propagating in the space-time due to a cylindrically symmetric, rotating body. The vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 J. A. Briginshaw

We show explicitly that Schwinger's formula for one-loop effective actions corresponds to the summation of energies associated with the zero-point oscillations of the fields. We begin with a formal proof, and after that we confirm it using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 L. C. de Albuquerque , C. Farina , Silvio J. Rabello , Arvind N. Vaidya

We present the one-loop effective action of a quantum scalar field with DSR1 space-time symmetry as a sum over field modes. The effective action has real and imaginary parts and manifest charge conjugation asymmetry, which provides an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 M V Cougo-Pinto , C Farina , F S S Rosa , J F M Mendes

The one-loop effective action in QED at zero and finite temperature is obtained by using the worldline approach. The Feynman rules for the perturbative expansion of the action in the number of derivatives are derived. The general structure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-15 Igor A. Shovkovy

The zeta-function regularization method is used to evaluate the renormalized effective action for massless conformally coupling scalar field propagating in a closed Friedman spacetime perturbed by a small rotation. To the second order of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-19 Wung-Hong Huang