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Renormalization Group and Effective Potential in Classically Conformal Theories

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arxiv 0809.1338 v3 pith:2EGXHLLA submitted 2008-09-08 hep-th

Renormalization Group and Effective Potential in Classically Conformal Theories

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We derive a general formula for the RG improved effective (Coleman-Weinberg) potential for classically conformal models, applying it to several examples of physical interest, and in particular a model of QCD coupled via quarks to a colorless scalar field. The closed form expressions allow us to discuss the range of validity of the effective potential as well as the issue of `large logarithms' in a way different from previous such analyses. Remarkably, in all examples considered, convexity of the effective potential is restored by the RG improvement, or otherwise the potential becomes unstable. In the former case, symmetry breaking becomes unavoidable due to the appearance of an infrared barrier $\Lambda_{IR}$, which hints at a so far unsuspected link between $\Lambda_{QCD}$ and the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking.

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