Published July 9, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Background field method in the Wilson formulation

Description

A cutoff regularization for a pure Yang-Mills theory is implemented within the background field method keeping explicit the gauge invariance of the effective action. The method has been applied to compute the beta function at one loop order

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Identifiers

PII
S055032130100222X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
606
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 231-244
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35029838
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; RENORMALIZATION; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; WARD IDENTITY; WILSON LOOP; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.