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Solution to the 3-Loop $\Phi$-Derivable Approximation for Massless Scalar Thermodynamics

高能物理 - 唯象学 2009-11-07 v1

摘要

We develop a systematic method for solving the 3-loop Φ\Phi-derivable approximation to the thermodynamics of the massless ϕ4\phi^4 field theory. The method involves expanding sum-integrals in powers of g2g^2 and m/T, where g is the coupling constant, m is a variational mass parameter, and T is the temperature. The problem is reduced to one with the single variational parameter m by solving the variational equations order-by-order in g2g^2 and m/T. At the variational point, there are ultraviolet divergences of order g6g^6 that cannot be removed by any renormalization of the coupling constant. We define a finite thermodynamic potential by truncating at 5th5^{th} order in g and m/T. The associated thermodynamic functions seem to be perturbatively stable and insensitive to variations in the renormalization scale.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0107118,
  title  = {Solution to the 3-Loop $\Phi$-Derivable Approximation for Massless Scalar Thermodynamics},
  author = {Eric Braaten and Emmanuel Petitgirard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0107118},
  year   = {2009}
}

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57 pages, 10 figures