The Hartree Approximation in Relativistic Field Theory

Schnitzer, Howard J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.10.2042

The Hartree Approximation in Relativistic Field Theory

Howard J. Schnitzer
(
- Brandeis U.
)

Mar, 1974

5 pages

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Phys.Rev.D 10 (1974) 2042

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.10.2042

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Print-74-0830 (BRANDEIS)

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The large-N limit of λφ4 theory with O(N) symmetry is derived by functional methods. Since the method does not require the cumbersome, detailed analysis of Feynman graphs, it should make possible the study of more complicated theories in the many-field limit.

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