Title
Scalar quantum field theory in disordered media
Date Issued
21 June 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Goulart E.
Krein G.
Menezes G.
Svaiter N.
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
Abstract
A free massive scalar field in inhomogeneous random media is investigated. The coefficients of the Klein-Gordon equation are taken to be random functions of the spatial coordinates. The case of a disordered medium modeled by centered stationary and Gaussian processes is analyzed. After performing the averages over the random functions, we obtain the two-point and the four-point Green's functions of the model up to one loop. The disordered scalar quantum field theory becomes qualitatively similar to a λφ4 self-interacting theory with a frequency-dependent coupling. © 2011 American Physical Society.
Volume
83
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79960812869
Source
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
ISSN of the container
15507998
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