Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1994-02-11
Helv.Phys.Acta 66 (1993) 633-691
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
59 pages, published in Helv. Phys. Acta 66(6) p.633
Scientific paper
A system of Goldstone bosons - stemming from a symmetry breaking $O(N) \to O(N-1)$ - in a finite volume at finite temperature is considered. In the framework of dimensional regularization, the partition function is calculated to 3 loops for 3 and 4 dimensions, where Polyakov's measure for the functional integration is applied. Although the underlying theory is the non-linear $\sigma $ model, the 3 loop result turns out to be renormalizable in the sense that all the singularities can be absorbed by the couplings occuring so far. In finite volume, this property is highly non trivial and confirms the method for the measure. We also show that the result coincides with the one obtained using the Faddeev- Popov measure. This is also true for the maximal generalization of Polyakov's measure: none of the additional invariant terms that can be added contributes to the dimensionally regularized system. Our phenomenological Lagrangian describes e.g. 2 flavor chiral QCD as well as the classical Heisenberg model, but there are also points of contact with the Higgs model, superconductors etc. Moreover the finite size corrections to the susceptibility might improve the inerpretation of Monte Carlo results on the lattice.
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