Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2007-11-21
Phys.Rev.D77:125024,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.125024
Using the Euclidean path integral approach with functional methods, we discuss the $(g_{0} \phi^{p})_{d}$ self-interacting scalar field theory, in the strong-coupling regime. We assume the presence of macroscopic boundaries confining the field in a hypercube of side $L$. We also consider that the system is in thermal equilibrium at temperature $\beta^{-1}$. For spatially bounded free fields, the Bekenstein bound states that the specific entropy satisfies the inequality $\frac{S}{E} < 2 \pi R$, where $R$ stands for the radius of the smallest sphere that circumscribes the system. Employing the strong-coupling perturbative expansion, we obtain the renormalized mean energy $E$ and entropy $S$ for the system up to the order $(g_{0})^{-\frac{2}{p}}$, presenting an analytical proof that the specific entropy also satisfies in some situations a quantum bound. Defining $\epsilon_d^{(r)}$ as the renormalized zero-point energy for the free theory per unit length, the dimensionless quantity $\xi=\frac{\beta}{L}$ and $h_1(d)$ and $h_2(d)$ as positive analytic functions of $d$, for the case of high temperature, we get that the specific entropy satisfies $\frac{S}{E} < 2\pi R \frac{h_1(d)}{h_2(d)} \xi$. When considering the low temperature behavior of the specific entropy, we have $\frac{S}{E} <2\pi R \frac{h_1(d)}{\epsilon_d^{(r)}}\xi^{1-d}$. Therefore the sign of the renormalized zero-point energy can invalidate this quantum bound. If the renormalized zero point-energy is a positive quantity, at intermediate temperatures and in the low temperature limit, there is a quantum bound.
Alcalde Aparicio M.
Menezes G.
Svaiter Nami F.
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