Dynamical symmetry breaking of λφ4 theory in the two loop effective potential

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Yang, Ji Feng ^a   Ruan, Jian Hong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICS; THEORY; VACUUM;

EID: 0037679522     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.125009     Document Type: Article

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