FINITE-TEMPERATURE EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL ON HYPERBOLIC SPACETIMES

Authors
COGNOLA G KIRSTEN K VANZO L ZERBINI S
Citation
G. Cognola et al., FINITE-TEMPERATURE EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL ON HYPERBOLIC SPACETIMES, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 49(10), 1994, pp. 5307-5312
Citations number
56
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
49
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
5307 - 5312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1994)49:10<5307:FEPOHS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The finite temperature one-loop effective potential for a scalar field defined on an ultrastatic spacetime, whose spatial part is a compact, nonsimply connected hyperbolic manifold, is studied. Different analyt ic expressions, especially valuable at low and high temperature, are d erived. Based on these results, the symmetry breaking and the topologi cal mass generation are discussed. The role of nontrivial topology is pointed out.