The Quantum Effective Action, Wave Functions and Yang-Mills (2+1)
High Energy Physics - Theory
2013-05-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We explore the relationship between the quantum effective action and the ground state (and excited state) wave functions of a field theory. Applied to the Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions, we find the leading terms of the effective action from the ground state wave function previously obtained in the Hamiltonian formalism by solving the Schrodinger equation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1109.6376,
title = {The Quantum Effective Action, Wave Functions and Yang-Mills (2+1)},
author = {V. P. Nair},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6376},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
16 pages, expanded discussion section, added references, version accepted for Phys. Rev. D