Avoidance of a Landau pole by flat contributions in QED

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2014.02.019zbMATH Open1343.81219arXiv1309.5061OpenAlexW3100135692MaRDI QIDQ307066FDOQ307066

Authors: Lutz Klaczynski, Dirk Kreimer 

Publication date: 1 September 2016

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

Abstract: We consider massless Quantum Electrodynamics in momentum scheme and carry forward an approach based on Dyson-Schwinger equations to approximate both the $$-function and the renormalized photon self-energy [Y11]. Starting from the Callan-Symanzik equation, we derive a renormalization group (RG) recursion identity which implies a non-linear ODE for the anomalous dimension and extract a sufficient but not necessary criterion for the existence of a Landau pole. This criterion implies a necessary condition for QED to have no such pole. Solving the differential equation exactly for a toy model case, we integrate the corresponding RG equation for the running coupling and find that even though the $$-function entails a Landau pole it exhibits a flat contribution capable of decreasing its growth, in other cases possibly to the extent that such a pole is avoided altogether. Finally, by applying the recursion identity, we compute the photon propagator and investigate the effect of flat contributions on both spacelike and timelike photons.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.5061

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zbMATH Keywords

Callan-Symanzik equation\(\beta\)-functionLandau polequantum electrodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15)

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