On the Finite Temperature Effective Potential in Scalar QED with N Flavors

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dc.creatorCarena, M.
dc.creatorWagner, C. E. M.
dc.date1992-09-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:58:01Z
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dc.descriptionThe effective potential of scalar quantum electrodynamics with N flavors of complex scalar fields is studied, by performing a self consistent 1/N expansion up to next to leading order in $1/N$. Starting from the broken phase at zero temperature, the theory exhibits a phase transition to the symmetric phase at some finite temperature $T_c$. We work in general covariant gauges and demonstrate the gauge invariance of both, the critical temperature $T_c$ and the minimization condition at any finite temperature T. Furthermore, the only minimum of the potential is at zero scalar vacuum expectation value for any temperature $T \geq T_c$ and varies continuously to nonzero values for temperatures below $T_c$, implying the existence of a second order phase transition.
dc.description33 pages and 2 figures (available upon request), MPI-Ph/92-67, August 1992
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9209233
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9209233
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.B407:606-636,1993
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/0550-3213(93)90092-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/186954
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleOn the Finite Temperature Effective Potential in Scalar QED with N Flavors
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