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A Simple Method to Make Asymptotic Series of Feynman Diagrams Converge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v3 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We show that for two non-trivial lambda phi ^4 problems (the anharmonic oscillator and the Landau-Ginzburg hierarchical model), improved perturbative series can be obtained by cutting off the large field contributions. The modified series converge to values exponentially close to the exact ones. For lambda larger than some critical value, the method outperforms Pade's approximants and Borel summations. The method can also be used for series which are not Borel summable such as the double-well potential series. We show that semi-classical methods can be used to calculate the modified Feynman rules, estimate the error and optimize the field cutoff.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0103134,
  title  = {A Simple Method to Make Asymptotic Series of Feynman Diagrams Converge},
  author = {Y. Meurice},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0103134},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 7 figs., uses revtex; contains a discussion of the double-well