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Power counting degree versus singular order in the Schwinger model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The importance of a rigorous definition of the singular degree of a distribution is demonstrated on the case of two-dimensional QED (Schwinger model). Correct mathematical treatment of second order vacuum polarization in the perturbative approach is crucial in order to obtain the Schwinger mass of the photon by resummation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9805022,
  title  = {Power counting degree versus singular order in the Schwinger model},
  author = {Andreas Aste and G"unter Scharf and Urs Walther},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9805022},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

5 pages, LaTeX, no figures. To appear in Lett. Math. Phys