The Coleman-Weinberg Mechanism and First Order Phase Transitions

Abstract

Revised and reduced the size of the text. Removed figure 2 in previous text. So, old figure 3 and 4 become new figure 2 and 3, respectively. Added figure 4 for first order phase transition observation in the strong coupling region. Postscript files for the figures are available upon request. To be published in Phys. Lett. B.

8 pages, 4 figures. BUHEP-93-5, hep-lat/9303014

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