Published April 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Resummation in QFT with Meijer G-functions

  • 1. Ruder Bošković Institute, Division of Theoretical Physics, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb (Croatia)
  • 2. Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María & CCTVAL, Valparaíso (Chile)

Description

We employ a recent resummation method to deal with divergent series, based on the Meijer G-function, which gives access to the non-perturbative regime of any QFT from the first few known coefficients in the perturbative expansion. Using this technique, we consider in detail the ϕ4 model where we estimate the non-perturbative β-function and prove that its asymptotic behavior correctly reproduces instantonic effects calculated using semiclassical methods. After reviewing the emergence of the renormalons in this theory, we also speculate on how one can resum them. Finally, we resum the non-perturbative β-function of abelian and non-abelian gauge-fermion theories and analyze the behavior of these theories as a function of the number of fermion flavors. While in the former no fixed points are found, in the latter, a richer phase diagram is uncovered and illustrated by the regions of confinement, large-distance conformality, and asymptotic safety.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2019.02.014

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2019.02.014;
arXiv
arXiv:1807.05060v3;
PII
S0550321319300422;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
941
Journal Page Range
p. 72-90
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51048558
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; FLAVOR MODEL; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION
Descriptors DEC
APPROXIMATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPOSITE MODELS; DIAGRAMS; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL

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Notes
© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.