Bödeker's effective theory: from Langevin dynamics to Dyson-Schwinger equations

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2009.04.006zbMATH Open1177.82089arXiv0811.1491OpenAlexW3105307780MaRDI QIDQ734741FDOQ734741

Michael G. Schmidt, Claus Zahlten, Andres F. Hernandez

Publication date: 13 October 2009

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The dynamics of weakly coupled, non-abelian gauge fields at high temperature is non-perturbative if the characteristic momentum scale is of order |k|~ g^2 T. Such a situation is typical for the processes of electroweak baryon number violation in the early Universe. Bodeker has derived an effective theory that describes the dynamics of the soft field modes by means of a Langevin equation. This effective theory has been used for lattice calculations so far. In this work we provide a complementary, more analytic approach based on Dyson-Schwinger equations. Using methods known from stochastic quantisation, we recast Bodeker's Langevin equation in the form of a field theoretic path integral. We introduce gauge ghosts in order to help control possible gauge artefacts that might appear after truncation, and which leads to a BRST symmetric formulation and to corresponding Ward identities. A second set of Ward identities, reflecting the origin of the theory in a stochastic differential equation, is also obtained. Finally Dyson-Schwinger equations are derived.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1491

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zbMATH Keywords

non-equilibriumSchwinger-Dyson equationssphaleronBödeker's effective theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

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