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Three-loop contributions to the free energy of $\lambda\varphi^4$ QFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

The massive scalar field with λφ4\lambda\varphi^4 interaction placed in (3+1)(3+1) dimensional box is considered. The sizes of the box are V×βV\times \beta (V=L3(V=L^3 is the volume, T=1/βT=1/\beta is the temperature). The free energy is evaluated up to the 2nd order of PTPT. The averaging on the vacuum fluctuations is separated from the averaging on the thermal fluctuations explicitly. As result the free-energy is expressed through the scattering amplitudes. We find that in 3-loop approximation the expression for free energy coincides with the ansatz of Bernstein, Dashen, Ma suggested on the base of SS-matrix formulation of statistical mechanics. The obtained expressions are generalized for higher order of PTPT.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9510232,
  title  = {Three-loop contributions to the free energy of $\lambda\varphi^4$ QFT},
  author = {A. I. Bugrij and V. N. Shadura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9510232},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages, LaTeX file

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