2PI functional techniques for gauge theories: QED

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2009.11.005zbMATH Open1375.81185arXiv0906.2881OpenAlexW3102798267MaRDI QIDQ972512FDOQ972512

Authors: Urko Reinosa, J. Serreau 

Publication date: 19 May 2010

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

Abstract: We discuss the formulation of the prototype gauge field theory, QED, in the context of two-particle-irreducible (2PI) functional techniques with particular emphasis on the issues of renormalization and gauge symmetry. We show how to renormalize all $n$-point vertex functions of the (gauge-fixed) theory at any approximation order in the 2PI loop-expansion by properly adjusting a finite set of local counterterms consistent with the underlying gauge symmetry. The paper is divided in three parts: a self-contained presentation of the main results and their possible implementation for practical applications; a detailed analysis of ultraviolet divergences and their removal; a number of appendices collecting technical details.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.2881

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zbMATH Keywords

renormalizationgauge theorythermal/nonequilibrium field theorytwo-particle-irreducible techniques

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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