Fixed-Point Structure of Scalar Fields

Kenneth Halpern and Kerson Huang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3526 – Published 1 May 1995
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Abstract

We search for alternatives to the trivial φ4 field theory by considering nonpolynomial potentials. Such theories are renormalizable when the natural cutoff dependences of the coupling constants are taken into account. We find a continuum of fixed points, which includes the well-known Gaussian fixed point. The fixed-point density has a maximum at a location corresponding to a theory with a Higgs boson mass of approximately 2700 GeV. The Gaussian fixed point is UV stable in some directions in the extended parameter space. Along such directions we obtain nontrivial asymptotically free theories.

  • Received 1 July 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3526

©1995 American Physical Society

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Kenneth Halpern and Kerson Huang

  • Department of Physics and Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Halpern and Huang Reply:

Kenneth Halpern and Kerson Huang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1659 (1996)

Comment on “Fixed-Point Structure of Scalar Fields”

Tim R. Morris
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1658 (1996)

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Vol. 74, Iss. 18 — 1 May 1995

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