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A Non-perturbative Estimate of Vacuum Polarization in QED

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

We present a new estimate of the fine structure constant and the β\beta-function of QED at an arbitrary scale. Using the non-perturbative but convergent series expression of the one loop effective action of QED that has been available recently we make a non-perturbative estimate of the running coupling and the β\beta-function, and prove the renormalization group invariance of the effective action. The contrast between our result and the perturbative result is remarkable.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0010073,
  title  = {A Non-perturbative Estimate of Vacuum Polarization in QED},
  author = {Y. M. Cho and D. G. Pak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0010073},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures