Nonpolynomial normal modes of the renormalization group in the presence of a constant vector potential background

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.10.054zbMATH Open1119.81352OpenAlexW2043772437MaRDI QIDQ874561FDOQ874561

Authors Brett Altschul

Publication date 10 April 2007

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0403093

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17)

Abstract: We examine the renormalization group flow in the vicinity of the free-field fixed point for effective field theories in the presence of a constant, nondynamical vector potential background. The interaction with this vector potential represents the simplest possible form of Lorentz violation. We search for any normal modes of the flow involving nonpolynomial interactions. For scalar fields, the inclusion of the vector potential modifies the known modes only through a change in the field strength renormalization. For fermionic theories, where an infinite number of particle species are required in order for nonpolynomial interactions to be possible, we find no evidence for any analogous relevant modes. These results are consistent with the idea that the vector potential interaction, which may be eliminated from the action by a gauge transformation, should have no physical effects.

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