Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 74 No. 6 (1985) pp. 1360-1363

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Letters

Convexity of the Effecive Potential

Kenzi Tabata and Isao Umemura

Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606

(Received August 3, 1985)

Abstract:

An approximate but analytic method is proposed to construct an effective potential with convexity. By using the method, it is invetigated how quantum corrections recover the convexity of the effective potential arising from the classical “double-well” potential.

URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/74/1360/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.74.1360

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Citing Article(s) :

Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 76 No. 2 (1986) pp. 481-489 :
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