%0 Journal Article %1 Cooper:1983cd %A Cooper, Fred %A Freedman, Barry %D 1984 %J Nucl. Phys. %K EffectiveAction NonconvexPotential Phi4 Renormalisation %P 459 %R 10.1016/0550-3213(84)90258-X %T RENORMALIZING THE EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN g phi**4 FIELD THEORY %U http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?j=NUPHA,B239,459 %V B239 %X We determine the renormalized effective potential Vphi for phi4 field theory when there is spontaneous symmetry breakdown. We show how to obtain an expression for Vphi which at the one-loop level is real and convex by summing over all the minima at finite volume of the classical action with euclidean lagrangian given by . Our method of determining Zj cures the two diseases of the "naive" one-loop effective potential of being complex and non-convex. We give a new prescription for renormalization which is consistent with our calculational procedure.

@article{Cooper:1983cd, abstract = {We determine the renormalized effective potential V[[phi]] for [phi]4 field theory when there is spontaneous symmetry breakdown. We show how to obtain an expression for V[[phi]] which at the one-loop level is real and convex by summing over all the minima at finite volume of the classical action with euclidean lagrangian given by . Our method of determining Z[j] cures the two diseases of the "naive" one-loop effective potential of being complex and non-convex. We give a new prescription for renormalization which is consistent with our calculational procedure.}, added-at = {2009-03-29T14:06:05.000+0200}, author = {Cooper, Fred and Freedman, Barry}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26ee9d1d80f0b3bcde1606cd9d558c0d5/gber}, description = {SPIRES-HEP: FIND J NUPHA,B239,459}, doi = {10.1016/0550-3213(84)90258-X}, interhash = {7d819ddb51b5dfbd01894a56e1032edb}, intrahash = {6ee9d1d80f0b3bcde1606cd9d558c0d5}, journal = {Nucl. Phys.}, keywords = {EffectiveAction NonconvexPotential Phi4 Renormalisation}, pages = 459, slaccitation = {%%CITATION = NUPHA,B239,459;%%}, timestamp = {2009-03-29T14:06:06.000+0200}, title = {{RENORMALIZING THE EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN g phi**4 FIELD THEORY}}, url = {http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?j=NUPHA,B239,459}, volume = {B239}, year = 1984 }