RENORMALIZATION-GROUP FLOW IN QED - AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SCHWINGER-DYSON EQUATIONS

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RAKOW, PEL [1 ]
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[1] DESY,W-2000 HAMBURG 52,GERMANY
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10.1016/0550-3213(91)90140-S
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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In this paper I investigate the behaviour of strongly coupled QED using a set of truncated Schwinger-Dyson equations which include the effects of vacuum polarisation. I pay particular attention to the renormalisation group flow. The model has a second-order chiral phase transition, but the renormalised photon coupling alpha-r is zero at the critical point. I also examine the effects of adding a four-fermion interaction, and find that even with this extra term the photon decouples at the phase transition.
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