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We present the first numerical application of a method that we have recently proposed to solve the Non Perturbative Renormalization Group equations and obtain the n-point functions for arbitrary external momenta. This method leads to flow equations for the n-point functions which are also differential equations with respect to a constant background field. This makes them, a priori, difficult to solve. However, we demonstrate in this paper that, within a simple approximation which turns out to be quite accurate, the solution of these flow equations is not more complicated than that of the flow equations obtained in the derivative expansion. Thus, with a numerical effort comparable to that involved in the derivative expansion, we can get the full momentum dependence of the n-point functions. The method is applied, in its leading order, to the calculation of the self-energy in a 3-dimensional scalar field theory, at criticality. Accurate results are obtained over the entire range of momenta., Comment: 29 pages

We propose a method to solve the Non Perturbative Renormalization Group equations for the $n$-point functions. In leading order, it consists in solving the equations obtained by closing the infinite hierarchy of equations for the $n$-point functions. This is achieved: i) by exploiting the decoupling of modes and the analyticity of the $n$-point functions at small momenta: this allows us to neglect some momentum dependence of the vertices entering the flow equations; ii) by relating vertices at zero momenta to derivatives of lower order vertices with respect to a constant background field. Although the approximation is not controlled by a small parameter, its accuracy can be systematically improved. When it is applied to the O(N) model, its leading order is exact in the large $N$ limit; in this case, one recovers known results in a simple and direct way, i.e., without introducing an auxiliary field., Minor changes. Version to be published

We present in detail the implementation of the Blaizot-M\'endez-Wschebor (BMW) approximation scheme of the nonperturbative renormalization group, which allows for the computation of the full momentum dependence of correlation functions. We discuss its signification and its relation with other schemes, in particular the derivative expansion. Quantitative results are presented for the testground of scalar O(N) theories. Besides critical exponents which are zero-momentum quantities, we compute in three dimensions in the whole momentum range the two-point function at criticality and, in the high temperature phase, the universal structure factor. In all cases, we find very good agreement with the best existing results., Comment: 21 pages, 7 figures. Added some minor corrections

We present the results of meson time-like modes in a dense baryonic medium. The model used is the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model extended to include vector mesons. We find results for the π-, σ-, ω- and a1-meson time-like modes. We use the same extrapolation technique we have already used to avoid the impossibility of putting heavy mesons on-shell. Vector-meson modes split into a longitudinal and a transverse mode. The σ-mode mixes with the longitudinal ω-mode.

We demonstrate the power of a recently-proposed approximation scheme for the non-perturbative renormalization group that gives access to correlation functions over their full momentum range. We solve numerically the leading-order flow equations obtained within this scheme, and compute the two-point functions of the O(N) theories at criticality, in two and three dimensions. Excellent results are obtained for both universal and non-universal quantities at modest numerical cost., 4 pages, 1 figure

Properties of the Euler–Lagrange differential equation for cos F, where F is the chiral angle of the classical Skyrme soliton in the hedgehog ansatz, are investigated. The power series solution for y=cos F, is obtained that presents the behavior of an almost geometric series, and the existence of single poles located at imaginary values of the radial variable r is shown. Pade approximants are built to the series expansion about the origin, and its terms are modified in order to incorporate the main features of the asymptotic behavior of the field configuration. Thus rational fractions are constructed which provide very good and practical analytical representations of the Skyrme soliton profile function.

The self-energy of the critical three-dimensional $O(N)$ model is calculated. The analysis is performed in the context of the nonperturbative renormalization group by exploiting an approximation which takes into account contributions of an infinite number of vertices. A very simple calculation yields the two-point function in the whole range of momenta, from the UV Gaussian regime to the scaling one. Results are in good agreement with best estimates in the literature for any value of $N$ in all momenta regimes. This encourages the use of this simple approximation procedure to calculate correlation functions at finite momenta in other physical situations.

The usual procedure of including a finite number of vertices in Non Perturbative Renormalization Group equations in order to obtain $n$-point correlation functions at finite momenta is analyzed. This is done by exploiting a general method recently introduced which includes simultaneously all vertices although approximating their momentum dependence. The study is performed using the self-energy of the tridimensional scalar model at criticality. At least in this example, low order truncations miss quantities as the critical exponent $\eta$ by as much as 60%. However, if one goes to high order truncations the procedure seems to converge rapidly., Comment: 20 pages, 6 figures. Minor changes. Version to be published in EPJ B

We present an approximation scheme to solve the Non Perturbative Renormalization Group equations and obtain the full momentum dependence of the $n$-point functions. It is based on an iterative procedure where, in a first step, an initial ansatz for the $n$-point functions is constructed by solving approximate flow equations derived from well motivated approximations. These approximations exploit the derivative expansion and the decoupling of high momentum modes. The method is applied to the O($N$) model. In leading order, the self energy is already accurate both in the perturbative and the scaling regimes. A stringent test is provided by the calculation of the shift $\Delta T_c$ in the transition temperature of the weakly repulsive Bose gas, a quantity which is particularly sensitive to all momentum scales. The leading order result is in agreement with lattice calculations, albeit with a theoretical uncertainty of about 25%., Comment: 48 pages, 15 figures A few minor corrections. A reference added

In a companion paper (hep-th/0512317), we have presented an approximation scheme to solve the Non Perturbative Renormalization Group equations that allows the calculation of the $n$-point functions for arbitrary values of the external momenta. The method was applied in its leading order to the calculation of the self-energy of the O($N$) model in the critical regime. The purpose of the present paper is to extend this study to the next-to-leading order of the approximation scheme. This involves the calculation of the 4-point function at leading order, where new features arise, related to the occurrence of exceptional configurations of momenta in the flow equations. These require a special treatment, inviting us to improve the straightforward iteration scheme that we originally proposed. The final result for the self-energy at next-to-leading order exhibits a remarkable improvement as compared to the leading order calculation. This is demonstrated by the calculation of the shift $\Delta T_c$, caused by weak interactions, in the temperature of Bose-Einstein condensation. This quantity depends on the self-energy at all momentum scales and can be used as a benchmark of the approximation. The improved next-to-leading order calculation of the self-energy presented in this paper leads to excellent agreement with lattice data and is within 4% of the exact large $N$ result., Comment: 35 pages, 11 figures

We use the non-perturbative renormalization group to clarify some features of perturbation theory in thermal field theory. For the specific case of the scalar field theory with O(N) symmetry, we solve the flow equations within the local potential approximation. This approximation reproduces the perturbative results for the screening mass and the pressure up to order g^3, and starts to differ at order g^4. The method allows a smooth extrapolation to the regime where the coupling is not small, very similar to that obtained from a simple self-consistent approximation., Comment: 42 pages, 19 figures; v2: typos corrected and references added, version accepted for publication in Nucl. Phys. A

We present new results on the Gross-Neveu model at finite temperature and at next-to-leading order in the 1/N expansion. In particular, a new expression is obtained for the effective potential which is explicitly invariant under renormalization group transformations. The model is used as a playground to investigate various features of field theory at finite temperature. For example we verify that, as expected from general arguments, the cancellation of ultraviolet divergences takes place at finite temperature without the need for introducing counterterms beyond those of zero-temperature. As well known, the discrete chiral symmetry of the 1+1 dimensional model is spontaneously broken at zero temperature and restored, in leading order, at some temperature T_c; we find that the 1/N approximation breaks down for temperatures below T_c: As the temperature increases, the fluctuations become eventually too large to be treated as corrections, and a Landau pole invalidates the calculation of the effective potential in the vicinity of its minimum. Beyond T_c, the 1/N expansion becomes again regular: it predicts that in leading order the system behaves as a free gas of massless fermions and that, at the next-to-leading order, it remains weakly interacting. In the limit of large temperature, the pressure coincides with that given by perturbation theory with a coupling constant defined at a scale of the order of the temperature, as expected from asymptotic freedom., Comment: 77 pages, 19 figures (some of them bitmaped, for original figures contact authors)

Difficulties in the understanding of the yields of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions are discussed. Implication of partial restoration of chiral symmetry to the problem is then presented.