Quantum electrodynamics and the electron self-energy in a deformed space with a minimal length scale

DOI10.1142/S0217751X16500962zbMATH Open1344.81155arXiv1601.06746OpenAlexW2267231265MaRDI QIDQ2820134FDOQ2820134

Authors: Apollo V. Silva, Everton M. C. Abreu, M. J. Nieves 

Publication date: 14 September 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The main motivation to study models in the presence of a minimal length is to obtain a quantum field theory free of the divergences. In this way, in this paper, we have constructed a new framework for quantum electrodynamics embedded in a minimal length scale background. New operators are introduced and the Green function method was used for the solution of the field equations, i.e., the Maxwell, Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations. We have analyzed specifically the scalar field and its one loop propagator. The mass of the scalar field regularized by the minimal length was obtained. The QED Lagrangian containing a minimal length was also constructed and the divergences were analyzed. The electron and photon propagators, and the electron self-energy at one loop as a function of the minimal length was also obtained.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06746

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zbMATH Keywords

minimal lengthquantum electrodynamicselectron self-energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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