Published June 29, 1989 | Version v1
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Vector-meson mass generation in the chiral Schwinger model

Creators

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milan (Italy)
  • 2. Milan Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica

Description

It is shown that an arbitrary mass is generated for the vector meson in the chiral Schwinger model, a model which has caused some controversy. Our arguments are based on ambiguities in the dimensional regularization of quantum field theory with γ5. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
224
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
309-312
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
20074102
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRAL SYMMETRY; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; FUNCTIONALS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS; RENORMALIZATION; REST MASS; SCHWINGER-TOMONAGA FORMALISM; VECTOR MESONS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; CORRECTIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MESONS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE; SYMMETRY

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant SERC NG17094