Finiteness of hot classical scalar field theory and the plasmon damping rate

Oct, 1996
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 393 (1997) 395-402
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Report number:
  • THU-96-37,
  • ITFA-96-43

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Abstract:
We investigate the renormalizability of the classical ϕ 4\phi~4 theory at finite temperature. We calculate the time-dependent two point function to two loop order and show that it can be rendered finite by the counterterms of the classical static theory. As an application the classical plasmon damping rate is found to be \gm = \lambda~2 T~2/1536 \pi m. When we use the high temperature expression for mm given by dimensional reduction, the rate is found to agree with the quantum mechanical result.
  • phi**n model: 4
  • field theory: classical
  • temperature: high
  • correlation function
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • renormalization
  • field theory: finite