Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-08-03
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Thesis, March 1999. LaTeX, 126 pages, 25 figs
Scientific paper
We introduce Wilson's, or Polchinski's, exact renormalization group, and review the Local Potential Approximation as applied to scalar field theory. Focusing on the Polchinski flow equation, standard methods are investigated, and by choosing restrictions to some sub-manifold of coupling constant space we arrive at a very promising variational approximation method. Within the Local Potential Approximation, we construct a function, C, of the coupling constants; it has the property that (for unitary theories) it decreases monotonically along flows and is stationary only at fixed points - where it `counts degrees of freedom', i.e. is extensive, counting one for each Gaussian scalar. In the latter part of the thesis, the Local Potential Approximation is used to derive a non-trivial Polchinski flow equation to include Fermi fields. Our flow equation does not support chirally invariant solutions and does not reproduce the features associated with the corresponding invariant theories. We solve both for a finite number of components, N, and within the large N limit. The Legendre flow equation provides a comparison with exact results in the large N limit. In this limit, it is solved to yield both chirally invariant and non-invariant solutions.
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