Constant external fields in gauge theory and the spin-0, 12, 1 path integrals

DOI10.1006/APHY.1997.5716zbMATH Open0988.81523arXivhep-th/9610191OpenAlexW1979284465MaRDI QIDQ1290564FDOQ1290564

Authors: M. Reuter, Michael G. Schmidt, Christian Schubert 

Publication date: 7 November 2001

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

Abstract: We investigate the usefulness of the "string-inspired technique" for gauge theory calculations in a constant external field background. Our approach is based on Strassler's worldline path integral approach to the Bern-Kosower formalism, and on the construction of worldline (super--) Green's functions incorporating external fields as well as internal propagators. The worldline path integral representation of the gluon loop is reexamined in detail. We calculate the two-loop effective actions induced for a constant external field by a scalar and spinor loop, and the corresponding one-loop effective action in the gluon loop case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610191

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Feynman diagrams (81T18) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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