Resummation of mass terms in perturbative massless quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/S11005-007-0169-8MaRDI QIDQ2641439zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andreas Aste

Publication date 20 August 2007

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0703120, http://edoc.unibas.ch/43629/1/20160715111508_5788a99c3bf82.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

causalitydistribution theoryperturbative calculationsregularization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distributions and ultradistributions as boundary values of analytic functions (46F20) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Feynman diagrams (81T18)

Abstract: The neutral massless scalar quantum field $Phi$ in four-dimensional space-time is considered, which is subject to a simple bilinear self-interaction. Is is well-known from renormalization theory that adding a term of the form $-frac{m}^{2}2Ph{i}^2$ to the Lagrangean has the formal effect of shifting the particle mass from the original zero value to m after resummation of all two-leg insertions in the Feynman graphs appearing in the perturbative expansion of the S-matrix. However, this resummation is accompanied by some subtleties if done in a proper mathematical manner. Although the model seems to be almost trivial, is shows many interesting features which are useful for the understanding of the convergence behavior of perturbation theory in general. Some important facts in connection with the basic principles of quantum field theory and distribution theory are highlighted, and a remark is made on possible generalizations of the distribution spaces used in local quantum field theory. A short discussion how one can view the spontaneous breakdown of gauge symmetry in massive gauge theories within a massless framework is presented.

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