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A note on the phase transition in a topologically massive Ginzburg-Landau theory
We consider the phase transition in a model which consists of a
Ginzburg-Landau free energy for superconductors including a Chern-Simons term.
The mean field theory of Halperin, Lubensky and Ma [Phys. Rev. Lett. 32, 292
(1974)] is applied for this model. It is found that the topological mass,
, drives the system into different regimes of phase transition. For
instance, there is a such that for a
fluctuation induced first order phase transition occurs. On the other hand, for
only the second order phase transition exists. The 1-loop
renormalization group analysis gives further insight to this picture. The fixed
point structure exhibits tricritical and second order fixed points.Comment: Revised version; uses a more physical parametrization of the
renormalization group equations; new references added; one figure added;
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A non-perturbative approach to the Coleman- Weinberg mechanism in massless scalar QED
We rederive non-perturbatively the Coleman-Weinberg expression for the
effective potential for massless scalar QED. Our result is not restricted to
small values of the coupling constants. This shows that the Coleman- Weinberg
result can be established beyond the range of validity of perturbation theory.
Also, we derive it in a manifestly renormalization group invariant way. It is
shown that with the derivation given no Landau ghost singularity arises. The
finite temperature case is discussed.
Pacs number: 11.10.Ef,11.10.Gh
Planejamento da coleta de sementes florestais nativas.
bitstream/CNPF-2009-09/41478/1/circ-tec126.pd
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