Published October 15, 1988
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Journal article
Energy-momentum tensor in scalar QED
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
Description
We consider the renormalization of the energy-momentum tensor in scalar quantum electrodynamics. We show the need for adding an improvement term to the conventional energy-momentum tensor. We consider two possible forms for the improvement term: (i) one in which the improvement coefficient is a finite function of bare parameters of the theory (so that the energy-momentum tensor can be obtained from an action that is a finite function of bare quantities); (ii) one in which the improvement coefficient is a finite quantity, i.e., a finite function of renormalized parameters. We establish a negative result; viz., neither form leads to a finite energy-momentum tensor to O(e2λ/sup n/). .AE
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review, D
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 2546-2558
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20004294
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING CONSTANTS; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; MATRIX ELEMENTS; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHI4-FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; RENORMALIZATION; SCALAR FIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TENSORS