GENERATING FERMION MASS IN 4-DIMENSIONAL QUENCHED QED

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作者
CURTIS, DC
PENNINGTON, MR
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[1] Centre for Particle Theory, University of Durham
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1992年 / 46卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2663
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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The fermion propagator in four-dimensional quenched QED is studied by way of its Schwinger-Dyson equation. The all important fermion-boson vertex is approximated by a nonperturbative form that satisfies the Ward-Takahashi identity and ensures the fermion is multiplicatively renormalizable. Numerical solutions in both the Landau and Feynman gauges show a dynamical mass is generated for all values of the coupling.
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页码:2663 / 2667
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