
The effective action for the interacting massive scalar field in curved space-time is derived using the heat-kernel method. Starting from this effective action, we establish a smooth quadratic form of the low-energy decoupling for the four-scalar coupling constant and for the nonminimal interaction parameter. The evolution of this parameter from the conformal value 1/6 at high energies down to the IR regime is investigated within the two toy models with negative and positive four-scalar coupling constants.
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Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory, High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences, Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory, High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences, Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
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