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Asymptotic Infrared Fractal Structure Of The Propagator For A Charged Fermion, S. Gulzari, J. Swain, A. Widom
Asymptotic Infrared Fractal Structure Of The Propagator For A Charged Fermion, S. Gulzari, J. Swain, A. Widom
John Swain
It is well known that the long-range nature of the Coulomb interaction makes the definition of asymptotic "in" and "out" states of charged particles problematic in quantum field theory. In particular, the notion of a simple particle pole in the vacuum charged particle propagator is untenable and should be replaced by a more complicated branch cut structure describing an electron interacting with a possibly infinite number of soft photons. Previous work suggests a Dirac propagator raised to a fractional power dependent upon the fine structure constant, however the exponent has not been calculated in a unique gauge invariant manner. It …
Asymptotic Infrared Fractal Structure Of The Propagator For A Charged Fermion, S. Gulzari, J. Swain, A. Widom
Asymptotic Infrared Fractal Structure Of The Propagator For A Charged Fermion, S. Gulzari, J. Swain, A. Widom
Allan Widom
It is well known that the long-range nature of the Coulomb interaction makes the definition of asymptotic "in" and "out" states of charged particles problematic in quantum field theory. In particular, the notion of a simple particle pole in the vacuum charged particle propagator is untenable and should be replaced by a more complicated branch cut structure describing an electron interacting with a possibly infinite number of soft photons. Previous work suggests a Dirac propagator raised to a fractional power dependent upon the fine structure constant, however the exponent has not been calculated in a unique gauge invariant manner. It …