RENORMALIZATION-GROUP IMPROVED EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR GAUGE-THEORIES IN CURVED SPACETIME

被引:68
作者
ELIZALDE, E [1 ]
ODINTSOV, SD [1 ]
机构
[1] HIROSHIMA UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT PHYS,HIROSHIMA 724,JAPAN
基金
日本学术振兴会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(93)91427-O
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The renormalization-group improved effective potential for an arbitrary renormalizable massless gauge theory in curved spacetime is found, thus generalizing Coleman-Weinberg's approach corresponding to flat space. Some explicit examples are considered, among them: lambdaphi4 theory, scalar electrodynamics, the asymptotically-free SU(2) gauge model, and the SU(5) GUT theory. The possibility of curvature-induced phase transitions is analyzed. It is shown that such a phase transition may take place in a SU(5) inflationary universe. The inclusion of quantum gravity effects is briefly discussed.
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页码:240 / 248
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