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Optimized Expansion for the Effective Action and Multi-particle States in the Scalar Quantum Field Theory

✍ Scribed by A. Okopinska


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
768 KB
Volume
228
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-4916

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✦ Synopsis


The optimized expansion for the effective action in quantum field theory is discussed to second order. As an example we use the scalar quantum field theory with (\lambda \phi^{4}) interaction in one-dimensional space-time, which is equivalent to quantum mechanics of the anharmonic ascillator. The ground state energy and lowest excitations obtained in the optimized expansion are compared with the results of (1 / N) expansion and the exact spectrum of the anharmonic oscillator. ' 1993 Academic Press. Inc