Published June 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Non relativistic limit in QFT: Wilson renormalization group approach in the Minkowski space

  • 1. Sao Paulo Univ., SP (Brazil). Inst. de Fisica

Description

We study the non relativistic limit of a model of fermions interacting through a Chern-Simons field, from a perspective that resembles the Wilson Renormalization Group (WRG) approach. The main difference of our approach to WRG is that instead of working in the Euclidean space, we directly work in Minkowski space. For the nonrelativistic limit this procedure admits a more direct interpretation of the results. As we will see, this modified WRG approach solves some difficulties, and gives a new understanding of non relativistic models that are not clear in the usual 'classical' nonrelativistic (CNR) limit found in most text books. The method is general and our choice of the Chern-Simons as the gauge field is only for the sake of simplicity of illustration. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Brazilian Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 170-178
ISSN
0103-9733
CODEN
BJPHE6

Conference

Title
21. Brazilian national meeting on particles and fields
Dates
23-27 Oct 2000
Place
Sao Lourenco, MG (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
34020913
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT; BOSONS; FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MINKOWSKI SPACE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SCATTERING
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE

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Notes
14 refs., 5 figs.