Renormalization group flows and fixed points for a scalar field in curved space with nonminimal $F(\varphi )R$ coupling

Abstract

Using covariant methods, we construct and explore the Wetterich equation for a non-minimal coupling $F(\varphi )R$ of a quantized scalar field to the Ricci scalar of a prescribed curved space. This includes the often considered non-minimal coupling $\xi {\varphi }^{2}R$ as a special case. We consider the truncations without and with scale- and field-dependent wave function renormalization in dimensions between four and two. Thereby the main emphasis is on analytic and numerical solutions of the fixed point equations and the behavior in the vicinity of the corresponding fixed points. We determine the non-minimal coupling in the symmetric and spontaneously broken phases with vanishing and non-vanishing average fields, respectively. Using functional perturbative renormalization group methods, we discuss the leading universal contributions to the RG flow below the upper critical dimension $d=4$.

arXiv comment17 pages, 4 figures

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