The theoretical prediction of the value of the cosmological constant is far from being in accord with observations. One way to try to solve this problem is to use a scale invariant theory, however, no standard Lagrangian is truly scale invariant. In this thesis, we try to obtain a scale invariant Lagrangian by adding a suitable counterterm to the Lagrangian for the $ lambda phi sp4$ model. We then apply this technique to different models to see if this method can be applied for very different situations. We also check if flat directions in a scale invariant potential get lifted by renormalization.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.55399 |
Date | January 1994 |
Creators | Tremblay, Luc, 1969- |
Contributors | Burgess, Clifford P. (advisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Physics.) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: 001434208, proquestno: AAIMM00062, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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