Published September 3, 1979
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Journal article
Should one truncate the electron self-energy
Creators
- 1. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands). Inst. voor Theoretische Natuurkunde
Description
The authors point out that the electron propagator, calculated from a truncated Johnson-Baker-Willey equation, suffers from the following defects: lack of renormalizability, gauge dependence of the electron electromagnetic mass, as well as unacceptable analytic structure. (Auth.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nucl. Phys., B
- Journal Volume
- 156
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Nucl. Phys., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 301-308
- ISSN
- 0029-5582
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 11509836
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; KERNELS; POWER SERIES; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SELF-ENERGY; VERTEX FUNCTIONS; WARD IDENTITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SERIES EXPANSION