The constraint effective potential for O(N) symmetric spin models

Aug 27, 1990
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 253 (1991) 193-199
  • Published: 1991
Report number:
  • HLRZ-90-60,
  • BUTP-90-32-BERN

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
For O( N )-symmetric spin models in the spontaneously broken phase, we study the distribution of the mean field Φ=V −1 fd d x φ (x) at large volume. We use results from chiral perturbation theory to show that this distribution obeys a scaling law. The shape of the constraint effective potential is determined in the scaling limit.
  • model: spin
  • spin: model
  • symmetry: O(N)
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking
  • scaling
  • mean field approximation
  • perturbation theory: chiral
  • effective potential: constraint
  • field theory: finite size