Published May 15, 1980
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Journal article
Symmetry breaking and mass generation by space-time topology
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Scarborough College, University of Toronto, West Hill, Ontario M1C 1A4, Canada
Description
Scalar-field theory with a lambdaphi4 self-interaction is studied in space-times with a non-Minkowskian topology. An application of the effective potential to symmetry breaking is discussed. In addition, expressions for the vacuum energy density and topological mass to order lambda are obtained for a theory which is massless at the tree-graph level. One of the cases which is considered is the scalar-field version of the Casimir effect. In this case we also obtain the one-loop vacuum energy density for the massive scalar field and discuss its renormalization
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 2805-2817
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11550958
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CASIMIR OPERATORS; MASS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; PHI4-FIELD THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; SPINOR FIELDS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; TOPOLOGY; VACUUM STATES
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE