From Euclidean to Minkowski space with the Cauchy-Riemann equations

DOI10.1140/EPJC/S10052-008-0676-5zbMATH Open1189.81132arXiv0805.4145OpenAlexW2007377214MaRDI QIDQ982139FDOQ982139

Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia, Felipe J. Llanes-Estrada

Publication date: 5 July 2010

Published in: The European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an elementary method to obtain Green's functions in non-perturbative quantum field theory in Minkowski space from calculated Green's functions in Euclidean space. Since in non-perturbative field theory the analytical structure of amplitudes is many times unknown, especially in the presence of confined fields, dispersive representations suffer from systematic uncertainties. Therefore we suggest to use the Cauchy-Riemann equations, that perform the analytical continuation without assuming global information on the function in the entire complex plane, only in the region through which the equations are solved. We use as example the quark propagator in Landau gauge Quantum Chromodynamics, that is known from lattice and Dyson-Schwinger studies in Euclidean space. The drawback of the method is the instability of the Cauchy-Riemann equations to high-frequency noise, that makes difficult to achieve good accuracy. We also point out a few curiosities related to the Wick rotation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4145

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constructive quantum field theory (81T08)

Cites Work

• Aspects of the functional renormalisation group
• Exact renormalization group equations: an introductory review
• Variational character of the Cauchy-Riemann equations
• Solving the Schwinger-Dyson equation for a scalar propagator in Minkowski space

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