RENORMALIZATION-GROUP IMPROVED EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR INTERACTING THEORIES WITH SEVERAL MASS SCALES IN CURVED SPACETIME

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ELIZALDE, E
ODINTSOV, SD
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[1] UNIV BARCELONA, FAC PHYS, DEPT ECM, E-08028 BARCELONA, SPAIN
[2] UNIV BARCELONA, FAC PHYS, IFAE, E-08028 BARCELONA, SPAIN
[3] HIROSHIMA UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT PHYS, HIGASHIHIROSHIMA 724, JAPAN
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS | 1994年 / 64卷 / 04期
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10.1007/BF01957780
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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The renormalization group (RG) is used in order to obtain the RG improved effective potential in curved spacetime. This potential is explicitly calculated for the Yukawa model and for scalar electrodynamics, i.e. theories with several (namely, more than one) mass scales, in a space of constant curvature. Using the lambda phi(4)-theory on a general curved spacetime as an example, we show how it is possible to find the RG improved effective Lagrangian in curved spacetime. As specific applications, we discuss the possibility of curvature-induced phase transitions in the Yukawa model and the effective equations (back-reaction problem) for the lambda phi(4)-theory on a De Sitter background.
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页数:10
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