Published March 15, 1990 | Version v1
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Energy-momentum tensor in scalar QED and the renormalization group

  • 1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India (India)

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We consider the renormalization-group equation satisfied by Green's functions of the energy-momentum tensor in scalar QED. We consider the renormalization-group covariance criterion suggested by Collins and show that this criterion (together with certain boundary conditions) when applied at a nontrivial fixed point λ*(≠0), e* of the theory uniquely determines an energy-momentum tensor. It is conjectured that this unique energy-momentum tensor may couple to an external gravity. We also consider the renormalization-group criterion in perturbation series in λ and e2 and show that no energy-momentum tensor exists satisfying this criterion. We consider also an additional form of boundary conditions which determine a unique solution to the renormalization-group criterion

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Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1931-1938
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA