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Spontaneous symmetry Breakdown and an Integral Expression of the Effective Potential in Quantum Electrodynamics

LI Fu-Bin^,

The Mathematical-Mechanical Department,China University of Mining Technology,Xuzhou 221008

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The functional formalism for the effective potential is briefly reviewed for the case of a scalar field theory by using the method of steepest descents.This formalism is then applied to quantum electrodynamics and an integral expression is derived for the effective potential in the one-loop approximation.This expression is used to verify the absence of spontaneous symmetry breakdown for quantum electrodynamics in one space and one time dimension.

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LI Fu-Bin. Spontaneous symmetry Breakdown and an Integral Expression of the Effective Potential in Quantum Electrodynamics[J]. Chinese Physics C, 1992, 16(3): 212-218.

LI Fu-Bin. Spontaneous symmetry Breakdown and an Integral Expression of the Effective Potential in Quantum Electrodynamics[J]. Chinese Physics C, 1992, 16(3): 212-218. shu

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Spontaneous symmetry Breakdown and an Integral Expression of the Effective Potential in Quantum Electrodynamics

LI Fu-Bin^,

Corresponding author:LI Fu-Bin,

The Mathematical-Mechanical Department,China University of Mining Technology,Xuzhou 221008

Received Date:1900-01-01
Accepted Date:1900-01-01
Available Online:1992-03-05

Abstract:The functional formalism for the effective potential is briefly reviewed for the case of a scalar field theory by using the method of steepest descents.This formalism is then applied to quantum electrodynamics and an integral expression is derived for the effective potential in the one-loop approximation.This expression is used to verify the absence of spontaneous symmetry breakdown for quantum electrodynamics in one space and one time dimension.