THE RENORMALIZATION GROUP IMPROVED EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL IN MASSLESS MODELS

Abstract: The effective potential

V

is considered in massless

l a m b d a p h i_{4}^{4}

theory. The expansion of

V

in powers of the coupling

l a m b d a

and of the logarithm of the background field

p h i

is reorganized in two ways; first as a series in

l a m b d a

alone, then as a series in

l n p h i

alone. By applying the renormalization group (RG) equation to

V

, these expansions can be summed. Using the condition

V^{p} r i m e (v) = 0

(where

v

is the vacuum expectation value of

p h i

) in conjunction with the expansion of

V

in powers of

l n p h i

fixes

V

provided

v e q 0

. In this case, the dependence of

V

on

p h i

drops out and

V

is not analytic in

l a m b d a

. Massless scalar electrodynamics is considered using the same approach.

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