Published March 13, 1995
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Journal article
Superinstantons in gauge theories and troubles with perturbation theory
Creators
- 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, Foehringer Ring 6, 80805 Munich (Germany)
Description
In gauge theories with continuous groups there exist classical solutions whose energy vanishes in the thermodynamic limit (in any dimension). The existence of these superinstantons is intimately related to the fact that even at short distances perturbation theory can fail to produce unique results. This problem arises only in non-Abelian models and only starting at O(1/β2), and is expected to modify the universal coefficients of the β function
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 74
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1924-1927.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 26048236
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENERGY; FACTORIZATION; GREEN FUNCTION; INSTANTONS; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUASI PARTICLES; STATISTICAL MODELS