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Scalar field theory at finite temperature is investigated via an improved renormalization group prescription which provides an effective resummation over all possible non-overlapping higher loop graphs. Explicit analyses for the lambda…
We consider a lattice gauge theory at finite temperature in ($d$+1) dimensions with the Wilson action and different couplings $\beta_t$ and $\beta_s$ for timelike and spacelike plaquettes. By using the character expansion and…
We compute the effective potential $V_{\rm eff}(\phi)$ for one-component real scalar field $\phi$ in three Euclidean dimensions (3D) in the case of spontaneously broken symmetry, from the Monte Carlo simulation of the 3D Ising model in…
We show that large-$N$ $\phi ^4$ theory is not trivial if one accepts the presence of a tachyon with a truly huge mass, and that it allows exact calculation. We use it to illustrate how to calculate the exact resummed pressure at finite…
We calculate the one-loop effective potential at finite temperature for a system of massless scalar fields with quartic interaction $\lambda\phi^4$ in the framework of the boundary effective theory (BET) formalism. The calculation relies on…
We have proven the general relations between the gap equations obeyed by dynamical fermion mass and corresponding effective potentials at finite temperature and chemical potential in D dimensional four-fermion interaction models. This gives…
We apply the $\delta$-expansion perturbation scheme to the $\lambda \phi_{4}$ self-interacting scalar field theory in 3+1 D at finite temperature. In the $\delta$-expansion the interaction term is written as $\lambda (\phi^{2})^{1 +…
The chiral phase transition is investigated within the framework of the linear sigma model at finite temperature. We concentrate on the meson sector of the model and calculate the finite temperature effective potential in the Hartree…
We discuss the finite temperature generalized Gaussian effective potential. We put out a very simple relation between the thermal corrections to the generalizedGaussian effective potential and those of the effective potential. We evaluate…
We calculate the self-energy at finite temperature in scalar $\lambda\phi ^4$ theory to second order in a modified perturbation expansion. Using the renormalisation group equation to tame the logarithms in momentum, it gives an equation to…
We study the applicability of the finite temperature effective potential in the equation of motion of a homogeneous "misaligned" scalar condensate $\varphi$, and find important caveats that severely restrict its domain of validity: i:) the…
We show that a new expansion which sums seagull and bubble graphs to all orders, can be applied to the O(N) linear sigma model at finite temperature. We prove that this expansion can be renormalised with the usual counterterms in a mass…
A finite-temperature many-body perturbation theory is presented that expands in power series the electronic grand potential, chemical potential, internal energy, and entropy on an equal footing. Sum-over-states and sum-over-orbitals…
Extending recent work on QED and the symmetric phase of the euclidean multicomponent scalar \phi^4-theory, we construct the vacuum diagrams of the free energy and the effective energy in the ordered phase of \phi^4-theory. By regarding them…
The thermodynamics of the O(N) nonlinear sigma model in 1+1 dimensions is studied. We calculate the finite temperature effective potential in leading order in the 1/N expansion and show that at this order the effective potential can be made…
The temperature phase transition in scalar $\phi^4(x)$ field theory with spontaneous symmetry breaking is investigated in a partly resummed perturbative approach. The second Legendre transform is used and the resulting gap equation is…
We consider the massive vector $N$-component $(\lambda\phi^{4})_{D}$ theory in Euclidian space and, using an extended Matsubara formalism we perform a compactification on a $d$-dimensional subspace, $d\leq D$. This allows us to treat…
We present, from first principles, a direct method for evaluating the exact fermion propagator in the presence of a general background field at finite temperature, which can be used to determine the finite temperature effective action for…
We consider the 2PI Cornwall-Jackiw-Tomboulis effective action at finite temperature for a noncommutative real scalar field theory in 4 dimensions, with noncommutativity among space and time variables. By means of a Rayleig-Ritz variation,…
The one-loop effective potential for gauge models in static de Sitter space at finite temperatures is computed by means of the $\zeta$--function method. We found a simple relation which links the effective potentials of gauge and scalar…