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Anisotropy beta functions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

The flow of couplings under anisotropic scaling of momenta is computed in ϕ3\phi^3 theory in 6 dimensions. It is shown that the coupling decreases as momenta of two of the particles become large, keeping the third momentum fixed, but at a slower rate than the decrease of the coupling if all three momenta become large simultaneously. This effect serves as a simple test of effective theories of high energy scattering, since such theories should reproduce these deviations from the usual logarithmic scale dependence.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9508014,
  title  = {Anisotropy beta functions},
  author = {Vipul Periwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9508014},
  year   = {2009}
}

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