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Rudnei O. Ramos

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Higher Order Evaluation of the Critical Temperature for Interacting Homogeneous Dilute Bose Gases

We use the nonperturbative linear δexpansion method to evaluate analytically the coefficients c_1 and c_2^{\prime \prime} which appear in the expansion for the transition temperature for a dilute, homogeneous, three dimensional Bose gas given by T_c= T_0 \{1 + c_1 a n^{1/3} + [ c_2^{\prime} \ln(a n^{1/3}) +c_2^{\prime \prime} ] a^2 n^{2/3} + {\cal O} (a^3 n)\}, where T_0 is the result for an ideal gas, a is the s-wave scattering length and n is the number density. In a previous work the same method has been used to evaluate c_1 to order-δ^2 with the result c_1= 3.06. Here, we push the calculation to the next two orders obtaining c_1=2.45 at order-δ^3 and c_1=1.48 at order-δ^4. Analysing the topology of the graphs involved we discuss how our results relate to other nonperturbative analytical methods such as the self-consistent resummation and the 1/N approximations. At the same orders we obtain c_2^{\prime\prime}=101.4, c_2^{\prime \prime}=98.2 and c_2^{\prime \prime}=82.9. Our analytical results seem to support the recent Monte Carlo estimates c_1=1.32 \pm 0.02 and c_2^{\prime \prime}= 75.7 \pm 0.4.

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Nonequilibrium Precursor Model for the Onset of Percolation in a Two-Phase System

Using a Boltzmann equation, we investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of nonperturbative fluctuations within the context of Ginzburg-Landau models. As an illustration, we examine how a two-phase system initially prepared in a homogeneous, low-temperature phase becomes populated by precursors of the opposite phase as the temperature is increased. We compute the critical value of the order parameter for the onset of percolation, which signals the breakdown of the conventional dilute gas approximation.

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Microscopic Evolution of a Weakly Interacting Homogeneous Bose Gas

We provide a detailed description of the nonequilibrium time evolution of an interacting homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate. We use a nonperturbative in-medium quantum field theory approach as a microscopic model for the Bose gas. The real-time dynamics of the condensate is encoded in a set of self-consistent equations which corresponds to an infinite sum of ladder Feynman diagrams. The crucial role played by the interaction between fluctuations for the instability generation is thoroughly described.

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Fine-Tuning Solution for Hybrid Inflation in Dissipative Chaotic Dynamics

We study the presence of chaotic behavior in phase space in the pre-inflationary stage of hybrid inflation models. This is closely related to the problem of initial conditions associated to these inflationary type of models. We then show how an expected dissipative dynamics of fields just before the onset of inflation can solve or ease considerably the problem of initial conditions, driving naturally the system towards inflation. The chaotic behavior of the corresponding dynamical system is studied by the computation of the fractal dimension of the boundary, in phase space, separating inflationary from non-inflationary trajectories. The fractal dimension for this boundary is determined as a function of the dissipation coefficients appearing in the effective equations of motion for the fields.

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Transition Temperature for Weakly Interacting Homogeneous Bose Gases

We apply the non-perturbative optimized linear $δ$ expansion method to the O(N) scalar field model in three-dimensions to determine the transition temperature of a dilute homogeneous Bose gas. Our results show that the shift of the transition temperature, $ΔT_c/T_c$, of the interacting model, compared with the ideal gas transition temperature, really behaves as $γa n^{1/3}$ where $a$ is the s-wave scattering length and $n$ is the number density. For $N= 2$ our calculations yield the value $γ= 3.059$.

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Affinity for Scalar Fields to Dissipate

The zero temperature effective equation of motion is derived for a scalar field interacting with other fields. For a broad range of cases, involving interaction with as few as one or two fields, dissipative regimes are found for the scalar field system. The zero temperature limit constitutes a baseline effect that will be prevalent in any general statistical state. Thus, the results found here provide strong evidence that dissipation is the norm not exception for an interacting scalar field system. For application to inflationary cosmology, this provides convincing evidence that warm inflation could be a natural dynamics once proper treatment of interactions is done. The results found here also may have applicability to entropy production during the chiral phase transition in heavy ion collision.

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Chaotic Symmetry Breaking and Dissipative Two-Field Dynamics

The dynamical symmetry breaking in a two-field model is studied by numerically solving the coupled effective field equations. These are dissipative equations of motion that can exhibit strong chaotic dynamics. By choosing very general model parameters leading to symmetry breaking along one of the field directions, the symmetry broken vacua make the role of transitory strange attractors and the field trajectories in phase space are strongly chaotic. Chaos is quantified by means of the determination of the fractal dimension, which gives an invariant measure for chaotic behavior. Discussions concerning chaos and dissipation in the model and possible applications to related problems are given.

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A Nonequilibrium Quantum Field Theory Description of the Bose-Einstein Condensate

We study the detailed out of equilibrium time evolution of a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate.We consider a nonrelativistic quantum theory for a self-interacting complex scalar field, immersed in a thermal bath, as an effective microscopic model for the description of the Bose-Einstein condensate. This approach yields the following main results:(i) the interaction between fluctuations proves to be crucial in the mechanism of instability generation; (ii) there are essentially two regimes in the $k$-space, with a crossover for $k^2/2m \sim 2λ|ϕ_0|^2$, where, in our notation, $λ$ is the coupling constant and $|ϕ_0|^2$ is the condensate density; (iii) a set of coupled equations that determines completely the nonequilibrium dynamics of the condensate density as a function of the temperature and of the total density of the gas.

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A Nonperturbative Study of Inverse Symmetry Breaking at High Temperatures

The optimized linear $δ$-expansion is applied to multi-field $O(N_1) \times O(N_2)$ scalar theories at high temperatures. Using the imaginary time formalism the thermal masses are evaluated perturbatively up to order $δ^2$ which considers consistently all two-loop contributions. A variational procedure associated with the method generates nonperturbative results which are used to search for parameters values for inverse symmetry breaking (or symmetry nonrestoration) at high temperatures. Our results are compared with the ones obtained by the one-loop perturbative approximation, the gap equation solutions and the renormalization group approach, showing good agreement with the latter method. Apart from strongly supporting inverse symmetry breaking (or symmetry nonrestoration), our results reveal the possibility of other high temperature symmetry breaking patterns for which the last term in the breaking sequence is $O(N_1-1) \times O(N_2-1)$.

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High Temperature Resummation in the Linear $δ$-Expansion

The optimized linear $δ$-expansion is applied to the $λϕ^4$ theory at high temperature. Using the imaginary time formalism the thermal mass is evaluated perturbatively up to order $δ^2$. A variational procedure associated with the method generates nonperturbative results which are used to obtain the critical temperature for the phase transition. Our results are compared with the ones given by propagator dressing methods.

hep-ph↗

A First Principles Warm Inflation Model that Solves the Cosmological Horizon/Flatness Problems

A quantum field theory warm inflation model is presented that solves the horizon/flatness problems. The model obtains, from the elementary dynamics of particle physics, cosmological scale factor trajectories that begin in a radiation dominated regime, enter an inflationary regime and then smoothly exit back into a radiation dominated regime, with nonnegligible radiation throughout the evolution.

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Tunneling and Nucleation Rate in the (λϕ^4/4! + σϕ^6/6!)_3 Model

We evaluate both the vacuum decay rate at zero temperature and the finite temperature nucleation rate for the $(λϕ^4/4! + σϕ^6/6!)_{3D}$ model. Using the thin-wall approximation, we obtain the bounce solution for the model and we were also able to give the approximate eigenvalue equations for the bounce.

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Strong Dissipative Behavior in Quantum Field Theory

We study under which conditions an overdamped regime can be attained in the dynamic evolution of a quantum field configuration. Using a real-time formulation of finite temperature field theory, we compute the effective evolution equation of a scalar field configuration, quadratically interacting with a given set of other scalar fields. We then show that, in the overdamped regime, the dissipative kernel in the field equation of motion is closely related to the shear viscosity coefficient, as computed in scalar field theory at finite temperature. The effective dynamics is equivalent to a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau description of the approach to equilibrium in phenomenological theories of phase transitions. Applications of our results, including a recently proposed inflationary scenario called ``warm inflation'', are discussed.

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Dynamical System Analysis for Inflation with Dissipation

We examine the solutions of the equations of motion for an expanding Universe, taking into account the radiation of the inflaton field energy. We then analyze the question of the generality of inflationary solutions in this more general setting of a dissipative system. We find a surprisingly rich behavior for the solutions of the dynamical system of equations in the presence of dissipational effects. We also determine that a value of dissipation as small as $\sim 10^{-7} H$ can lead to a smooth exit from inflation to radiation.

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$δ$-Expansion at Finite Temperature

We apply the $δ$-expansion perturbation scheme to the $λϕ^{4}$ self-interacting scalar field theory in 3+1 D at finite temperature. In the $δ$-expansion the interaction term is written as $λ(ϕ^{2})^{ 1 + δ}$ and $δ$ is considered as the perturbation parameter. We compute within this perturbative approach the renormalized mass at finite temperature at a finite order in $δ$. The results are compared with the usual loop-expansion at finite temperature.

hep-ph↗

Subcritical Fluctuations at the Electroweak Phase Transition

We study the importance of thermal fluctuations during the electroweak phase transition. We evaluate in detail the equilibrium number density of large amplitude subcritical fluctuations and discuss the importance of phase mixing to the dynamics of the phase transition. Our results show that, for realistic Higgs masses, the phase transition can be completed by the percolation of the true vacuum, induced by the presence of subcritical fluctuations.

hep-ph↗

Quantum Corrections to Nucleation Rates

In this paper we show how to compute in a consistent way nucleation rates in field theory at finite temperatures, with metastable vacuum. Using the semiclassical approach in field theory at finite temperature we show that the prefactor term can be calculated explicitly (in the thin-wall approximation) and that the same provides exponential finite temperature quamtum corrections to nucleation rates, when fluctuations around the bubble field configuration are considered.

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Thermal Fluctuations and Validity of the 1-Loop Effective Potential

We examine the validity of the 1-loop approximation to the effective potential at finite temperatures and present a simple test for its reliability. As an application we study the standard electroweak potential, showing that for a Higgs mass above 70 GeV, and afirly independent of the top mass (with $m_{t} > 90 GeV$, the 1-loop approximation is no longer valid for temperatures in the neighborhood of the critical temperature.

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