English

Current Operators in Quantum Field Theory and Sum Rules in Deep Inelastic Scattering

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is shown that in the general case the canonical construction of the current operators in quantum field theory does not render a bona fide vector field since Lorentz invariance is violated by Schwinger terms. We argue that the nonexistence of the canonical current operators for spinor fields follows from a very simple algebraic consideration. As a result, the well-known sum rules in deep inelastic scattering are not substantiated.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/9512010,
  title  = {Current Operators in Quantum Field Theory and Sum Rules in Deep Inelastic Scattering},
  author = {Felix M. Lev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9512010},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

18 pages, LaTeX

R2 v1 2026-07-22T15:57:23.293Z