On a possible approach to general field theories with nonpolynomial interactions

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2011.V15.N3.A4MaRDI QIDQ695656zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Franco Ferrari

Publication date 21 December 2012

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.2361, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.atmp/1339374268

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

Abstract: In this work a class of massive scalar field theories with self-interactions described by a general potential is studied. Under the sole condition that the potential admits the Fourier representation, it is shown that such theories may be mapped into a standard field theory, in which the interaction of the new fields is a polynomial of fourth degree. With some restrictions, this mapping allows the perturbative treatment of models that are otherwise intractable with standard field theoretical methods. A nonperturbative approach to these theories is attempted. The original scalar field is integrated out exactly at the price of introducing auxiliary vector fields. The latter are treated in a mean field theory approximation. The singularities that arise after the elimination of the auxiliary fields are cured using the dimensional regularization. The expression of the counterterms to be subtracted is computed.

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