Resummation and renormalisation in effective theories of particle physics

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-22620-0MaRDI QIDQ495924zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Antal Jakovác, András Patkós

Publication date 16 September 2015

Published in Lecture Notes in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22620-0

zbMATH Keywords

fiinite temperature field theorylarge-N expansionO(N) modelphase transitionstrong matter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Nuclear physics (81V35) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-01) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

Review text

The lecture note deals with an effective field theory approach at finite temperatures. After an introduction to the topic, divergences in perturbation theory are discussed for both the ultraviolet and infrared case. Optimizations of perturbation theory are carried out. Other chapters deal with the large \(N\) expansion in \(O(N)\) and \(U(N)\) symmetric models and the large \(N_f\) limit of quark-meson theory. In studying \(\Phi^4\) theory at finite temperature, dimensional reduction and improved finite temperature phase transitions are dealt with. Thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter is considered in the \(\pi\)-\(\sigma\) quark system and the \(U(3) \times U(3)\) meson model, deriving an equation of state for strong matter. Finally, finite temperature restoration of the Brout-Englert-Higgs effect is discussed. Some technical details are summarized in appendices. The lecture note provides a first comprehensive introduction into the field for students.

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