The Effective potential and quadratic divergences

May 25, 1992
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 46 (1992) 5206-5208
Report number:
  • NSF-ITP-92-73

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Abstract: (APS)
We use the effective potential to give a simple derivation of Veltman's formula for the quadratic divergence in the Higgs self-energy. We also comment on the effect of going beyond the one-loop approximation.
  • Higgs model
  • effective potential
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • regularization
  • mass