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Main Authors: Tavares, William R., Ramos, Rudnei O., Farias, Ricardo L. S., Avancini, Sidney S.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05967
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author Tavares, William R.
Ramos, Rudnei O.
Farias, Ricardo L. S.
Avancini, Sidney S.
author_facet Tavares, William R.
Ramos, Rudnei O.
Farias, Ricardo L. S.
Avancini, Sidney S.
contents We study the symmetry breaking and restoration behavior of a self-interacting charged scalar field theory under the influence of a constant electric field and finite temperature. Our study is performed in the context of the optimized perturbation theory. The dependence of the effective potential with constant electric fields is established by means of the bosonic propagators in the Schwinger proper-time method. Explicit analytical expressions for the electric and thermal contributions are found. Our results show a very weak decreasing behavior of the vacuum expectation value as a function of the electric field, which is strengthened by the temperature effect. A first-order phase transition that occurs at zero/weak electric fields changes to a second-order phase transition under strong electric fields. The critical temperature for the phase transition exhibited a very weak dependence on the electric field. Additionally, we computed the vacuum persistence probability rate for the interacting theory, finding a peak at the critical point. The maximum value of this rate at the critical point is found to be independent of the coupling constant but depended solely on the magnitude of the electric field.
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spellingShingle Charged scalars at finite electric field and temperature in the optimized perturbation theory
Tavares, William R.
Ramos, Rudnei O.
Farias, Ricardo L. S.
Avancini, Sidney S.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We study the symmetry breaking and restoration behavior of a self-interacting charged scalar field theory under the influence of a constant electric field and finite temperature. Our study is performed in the context of the optimized perturbation theory. The dependence of the effective potential with constant electric fields is established by means of the bosonic propagators in the Schwinger proper-time method. Explicit analytical expressions for the electric and thermal contributions are found. Our results show a very weak decreasing behavior of the vacuum expectation value as a function of the electric field, which is strengthened by the temperature effect. A first-order phase transition that occurs at zero/weak electric fields changes to a second-order phase transition under strong electric fields. The critical temperature for the phase transition exhibited a very weak dependence on the electric field. Additionally, we computed the vacuum persistence probability rate for the interacting theory, finding a peak at the critical point. The maximum value of this rate at the critical point is found to be independent of the coupling constant but depended solely on the magnitude of the electric field.
title Charged scalars at finite electric field and temperature in the optimized perturbation theory
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05967