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Renormalized Poincar\'e algebra for effective particles in quantum field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Using an expansion in powers of an infinitesimally small coupling constant gg, all generators of the Poincar\'e group in local scalar quantum field theory with interaction term gϕ3g \phi^3 are expressed in terms of annihilation and creation operators aλa_\lambda and aλa^\dagger_\lambda that result from a boost-invariant renormalization group procedure for effective particles. The group parameter λ\lambda is equal to the momentum-space width of form factors that appear in vertices of the effective-particle Hamiltonians, HλH_\lambda. It is verified for terms order 1, gg, and g2g^2, that the calculated generators satisfy required commutation relations for arbitrary values of λ\lambda. One-particle eigenstates of HλH_\lambda are shown to properly transform under all Poincar\'e transformations. The transformations are obtained by exponentiating the calculated algebra. From a phenomenological point of view, this study is a prerequisite to construction of observables such as spin and angular momentum of hadrons in quantum chromodynamics.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0110185,
  title  = {Renormalized Poincar\'e algebra for effective particles in quantum field theory},
  author = {Stanisław D. Głazek and Tomasz Masłowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0110185},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, 5 figures