Two-loop diagrams in causal perturbation theory

DOI10.1006/APHY.1997.5686MaRDI QIDQ1290557zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andreas Auste

Publication date 2 June 1999

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9608193

zbMATH Keywords

causal perturbation theorycomputing algorithmelectron propagatortwo-loop diagramsvacuum polarization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: The scalar two-loop master diagram is revisited in the massive cases needed for the computation of boson and fermion propagators in QED and QCD. By means of the causal method it is possible in a straightforward manner to express the propagators as double integrals. In the case of vacuum polarization both integrations can be carried out in terms of polylogarithms, whereas the last integral in the fermion propagator cannot be expressed by known special functions. The advantage of the method in comparison with Feynman integral calculations is indicated.

Review text

In the framework of the causal perturbation theory, proposed by Epstein and Glaser, the possibility of performing higher-order calculations in a compact form is proven, for the two-loop diagrams. The author develops a computing algorithm whose efficiency is tested for scalar QED, standard QED and QCD. The paper contains a short comprehensive introduction of the axiomatic foundation of the method. The vacuum polarization and the electron propagator are calculated. The paper is a good basis for further examples.

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