Convexity at finite temperature and non-extensive thermodynamics

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.07.030zbMATH Open1345.81074arXiv1603.01540OpenAlexW2323944808MaRDI QIDQ314908FDOQ314908

J. Alexandre

Publication date: 16 September 2016

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Assuming that tunnel effect between two degenerate bare minima occurs, in a scalar field theory at finite volume, this article studies the consequences for the effective potential, to all loop orders. Convexity is achieved only if the two bare minima are taken into account in the path integral, and a new derivation of the effective potential is given, in the large volume limit. The effective potential has then has a universal form, it is suppressed by the space time volume, and does not feature spontaneous symmetry breaking as long as the volume is finite. The finite temperature analysis leads to surprising thermal properties, following from the non-extensive expression for the free energy. Although the physical relevance of these results is not clear, the potential application to ultra-light scalar particles is discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.01540

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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