Simple approach to finite-temperature symmetry restoration

We describe a simple, intuitive picture of how thermal fluctuations in the fields of a system with spontaneously broken symmetry lead to symmetry-restoring phase transitions at finite temperature.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Phys. Rev. D; (United States) 1984-01, Vol.29 (4), p.739-742
Hauptverfasser:	CALDI, D. G, NUSSINOV, S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	645301 - High Energy Physics- Particle Invariance Principles & Symmetries- General- (-1987) 645400 - High Energy Physics- Field Theory BOSE-EINSTEIN STATISTICS Classical and quantum physics: mechanics and fields Exact sciences and technology FIELD THEORIES FUNCTIONS HAMILTONIANS LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION LIE GROUPS MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS Physics PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS QUANTUM OPERATORS SCALAR FIELDS SYMMETRY BREAKING SYMMETRY GROUPS TEMPERATURE EFFECTS Theory of quantized fields U GROUPS U-1 GROUPS
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe a simple, intuitive picture of how thermal fluctuations in the fields of a system with spontaneously broken symmetry lead to symmetry-restoring phase transitions at finite temperature.
ISSN:	0556-2821 1089-4918
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.29.739