Operator product expansion algebra

DOI10.1063/1.4810780zbMATH Open1287.81085arXiv1205.4904OpenAlexW2127199206MaRDI QIDQ5407575FDOQ5407575

Jan Holland, Stefan Hollands

Publication date: 7 April 2014

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

Abstract: We establish conceptually important properties of the operator product expansion (OPE) in the context of perturbative, Euclidean $varph{i}^4$-quantum field theory. First, we demonstrate, generalizing earlier results and techniques of arXiv:1105.3375, that the 3-point OPE, $<O_{A_1}{O}_{A_2}{O}_{A_3}>=su{m}_{C}cal{C}_{A_1{A}_2{A}_3}^C<O_C>$, usually interpreted only as an asymptotic short distance expansion, actually converges at finite, and even large, distances. We further show that the factorization identity $cal{C}_{A_1{A}_2{A}_3}^B=su{m}_{C}cal{C}_{A_1{A}_2}^{C}cal{C}_{C{A}_3}^B$ is satisfied for suitable configurations of the spacetime arguments. Again, the infinite sum is shown to be convergent. Our proofs rely on explicit bounds on the remainders of these expansions, obtained using refined versions, mostly due to Kopper et al., of the renormalization group flow equation method. These bounds also establish that each OPE coefficient is a real analytic function in the spacetime arguments for non-coinciding points. Our results hold for arbitrary but finite loop orders. They lend support to proposals for a general axiomatic framework of quantum field theory, based on such `consistency conditions' and akin to vertex operator algebras, wherein the OPE is promoted to the defining structure of the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4904

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zbMATH Keywords

renormalization groupoperator product expansionquantum field theoryperturbative QFT

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08)

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