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A Cusp in QED at g=2

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-04-06 v5 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We explore nonperturbative properties of QED allowing a gyromagnetic ratio ggD2g\ne g_{\rm D}\equiv 2. We study the effective action VeffV_{\mathrm{eff}} for an arbitrarily strong constant and homogeneous field. Using the external field method, we find a cusp as a function of the gyromagnetic factor gg in: a) The QED b0b_0-renormalization group coefficient; b) A subclass of light-light scattering coefficients obtained in the long wavelength limit expansion. We recognize possibility of asymptotic freedom in an Abelian theory for certain domains of gg.

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@article{arxiv.1205.1835,
  title  = {A Cusp in QED at g=2},
  author = {Johann Rafelski and Lance Labun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.1835},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

1+10+2 pages PTEP format: this "10th anniversary" v4 updates the contents, explains follow-up work (old update comments: v2 includes discussion of periodicity in g of Landau solutions v3 corects typos and adds explanations, v4 extends discussion adds recent developments and relation to experiment)

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