Chemical Potential Dependence of Vertices

Based on the rainbow-ladder approximation of the Dyson-Schwinger equations and the assumption of the analyticity of the fermion-boson vertex in the neighborhood of zero chemical potential (μ=0) and neglecting the μ-dependence of the dressed gluon propagator, we apply the method in [Phys. Rev. C 71 (2005) 015205] of studying the dressed quark propagator at finite chemical potential to prove that the general fermion-boson vertex at finite μ can also be obtained from the one at μ=0 by a simple shift of variables. Using this result we extend the results of [Phys. Lett. B 420 (1998) 267] to the situation of finite chemical potential and show that under the approximations we have taken, the Gell-Mann-Oakes-Renner relation also holds at finite chemical potential.     

Transverse Ward—Takahshi Relation for the Vector Vertex in Quantum Field Theory

The transverse Ward-Takahashi(W-T) realtion for the Vector vertex in quantum filed theory is derived by calculation the coul of the time-ordered product of the three-point function inclduing the vector current operator.This provides the constraint on the transverse part of the vertex.By combining the transverse and normal (longitudinal)W-T identities,we obtain the expression for the full vector vertex function.     

Vacuum Condensates and the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of a Dirac Fermion

We address anticipated fermion–antifermion and dimension-4 gauge-field vacuum-condensate contributions to the magnetic portion of the fermion–photon vertex function in the presence of a vacuum with nonperturbative content, such as that of QCD. We discuss how inclusion of such condensate contributions may lead to a vanishing anomalous magnetic moment, in which case vacuum condensates may account for the apparent consistency between constituent quark masses characterizing baryon magnetic moments and those characterizing baryon spectroscopy.     

Screening and point-like structure. zero-charge problem reexamined

We study the effect of magnetic interactions on screening in abelian theories. By solving the coupled Schwinger-Dyson equations for the gauge-field propagator and the vertex function in the high momentum region, we find a nonperturbative solution whose existence implies that the screening in these theories is suppressed and the zero-charge problem may be absent. We speculate about the possible realization of this scenario in strongly coupled QED.     

Extended iterative scheme for QCD: the four-gluon vertex

We study the self-consistency problem of the generalized Feynman rule (nonperturbatively modified vertex of zeroth perturbative order) for the 4-gluon vertex function in the framework of an extended perturbation scheme accounting for non-analytic coupling dependence through the Λ scale. Tensorial structure is restricted to a minimal dynamically closed basis set. The self-consistency conditions are obtained at one loop, in Landau gauge, and at the lowest approximation level (r=1) of interest for QCD. At this level, they are found to be linear in the nonperturbative 4-gluon coefficients, but strongly overdetermined due to the lack of manifest Bose symmetry in the relevant Dyson-Schwinger equation. The observed near decoupling from the 2-and-3-point conditions permits least-squares quasisolutions for given 2-and-3-point input within an effective one-parameter freedom. We present such solutions for N _F=2 massless quarks and for the pure gluon theory, adapted to the 2-and-3-point coefficients determined previously. Received: 1 September 1998 / Revised version: 23 December 1998     

New method of applying conformal group to quantum fields

Most of previous work on applying the conformal group to quantum fields has emphasized its invariant aspects, whereas in this paper we find that the conformal group can give us running quantum fields, with some constants, vertex and Green functions running, compatible with the scaling properties of renormalization group method(RGM). We start with the renormalization group equation(RGE), in which the differential operator happens to be a generator of the conformal group, named dilatation operator. In addition we link the operator/spatial representation and unitary/spinor representation of the conformal group by inquiring a conformal-invariant interaction vertex mimicking the similar process of Lorentz transformation applied to Dirac equation. By this kind of application,we find out that quite a few interaction vertices are separately invariant under certain transformations(generators) of the conformal group. The significance of these transformations and vertices is explained. Using a particular generator of the conformal group, we suggest a new equation analogous to RGE which may lead a system to evolve from asymptotic regime to nonperturbative regime, in contrast to the effect of the conventional RGE from nonperturbative regime to asymptotic regime.     

Variation on finite energy sum rules: Vacuum matrix elements

New finite energy sum rules for light quark systems are derived in QCD, which express nonperturbative vacuum matrix elements of a given dimension in terms of the spectral function and its derivatives. A phenomelogical definition of nonperturbative effects is proposed.     

Transverse Vector Vertex Function and Transverse Ward-Takahashi Relations in QED

The transverse vector vertex function in momentum space in four-dimensional QED is derived in terms of a set of transverse Ward-Takahashi relations for the vector and the axial-vector vertices in the case of massless fermion. It is demonstrated explicitly that the transverse vector vertex function derived this way to one-loop order leads to the same result as one obtained in perturbation theory. This provides a basic approach to determine the transverse part of basic vertex function from the symmetry relations of the system.     

Transverse Vector Vertex Function and Transverse Ward-Takahashi Relations in QED

The transverse vector vertex function in momentum space in four-dimensional QED is derived in terms of a set of transverse Ward-Takahashi relations for the vector and the axial-vector vertices in the case of massless fermion.It is demonstrated explicitly that the transverse vector vertex function derived this way to one-loop order leads to the same result as one obtained in perturbation theory. This provides a basic approach to determine the transverse part of basic vertex function from the symmetry relations of the system.     

Dynamic critical behavior near the superfluid transition in 3He-4He mixtures in two loop order

We calculated in two loop order the field theoretic renormalization group functions taking into account the decomposition of the dynamical vertex functions into the static vertex functions and genuine dynamical parts. The observation of this nonperturbative structure simplifies the theoretical expressions obtained by perturbation theory considerably and makes tractable a complete two loop calculation of the critical dynamics near the superfluid transition of 3He-4He mixtures (model F'). As a result, we obtain various transport coefficients, which govern the nonasymptotic and nonuniversal temperature dependence. We also correct long-standing results for the critical dynamics of the superfluid transition in pure 4He (model F) and for the dynamics of structural or magnetic phase transitions (model C).     

SUSY breaking by nonperturbative dynamics in a matrix model for 2D type IIA superstrings

We explicitly compute nonperturbative effects in a supersymmetric double-well matrix model corresponding to two-dimensional type IIA superstring theory on a nontrivial Ramond–Ramond background. We analytically determine the full one-instanton contribution to the free energy and one-point function, including all perturbative fluctuations around the one-instanton background. The leading order two-instanton contribution is determined as well. We see that supersymmetry is spontaneously broken by instantons, and that the breaking persists after taking a double scaling limit which realizes the type IIA theory from the matrix model. The result implies that spontaneous supersymmetry breaking occurs by nonperturbative dynamics in the target space of the IIA theory. Furthermore, we numerically determine the full nonperturbative effects by recursive evaluation of orthogonal polynomials. The free energy of the matrix model appears well-defined and finite even in the strongly coupled limit of the corresponding type IIA theory. The result might suggest a weakly coupled theory appearing as an S-dual to the two-dimensional type IIA superstring theory.     

Towards a nonperturbative foundation of the dipole picture: II. High energy limit

This is the second of two papers in which we study real and virtual photon-proton scattering in a nonperturbative framework. In the first paper we have identified the leading contributions to this process at high energies and have derived expressions for them which take into account the renormalisation of the photon-quark-antiquark vertex. In the present paper we investigate the approximations and assumptions that are necessary to obtain the dipole model of high energy scattering from the results derived in the first paper. We discuss the gauge invariance of different contributions to the scattering amplitude and point out some subtleties related to gauge invariance in the correct definition of a perturbative photon wave function. As a phenomenological consequence of the dipole picture we derive a bound on the ratio of the cross sections for longitudinally and transversely polarised photons. This bound is independent of any particular model for the dipole-proton cross section and allows one to test the validity of the assumptions leading to the dipole picture in particular at low photon virtualities. We conclude that the naive dipole model formula should be supplemented by two additional terms which can potentially become large at small photon virtualities.     

Derivation of a Closed Expression of the B-S Interaction Kernel for Quark-Antiquark Bound States

The interaction kernel in the Bethe-Salpeter (B-S) equation for quark-antiquark bound states is derived from B-S equations satisfied by the quark-antiquark four-point Green's function. The latter equations are established based on the equations of motion obeyed by the quark and antiquark propagators, the four-point Green's function and some other kinds of Green's functions, which follow directly from the QCD generating functional. The derived B-S kernel is given by a closed and explicit expression which contains only a few types of Green's functions. This expression is not only convenient for perturbative calculations, but also applicable for nonperturbative investigations. Since the kernel contains all the interactions taking place in the quark-antiquark bound states, it actually appears to be the most suitable starting point of studying the QCD nonperturbative effect and quark confinement.     

Various Full Green Functions in QED

We are interested in deriving various full Green functions through general Ward–Takahashi identities (WTIs) for quantized field theories. With the help of a postulate of gauge group parameter, the general local gauge transformation laws preserving the gauge-invariance of the generating functional itself of QED model have been established successfully. By using path-integral technique, the various WTIs with resulting anomaly terms are derived under the gauge transformations. The arising of Jacobian factor from the integration measure gives a viable possibility to express full Green function. As a consequence, the complete expressions of the full vector, the full axial-vector, the full tensor vertex functions and so on are presented respectively by solving the complete set of the WTIs in the momentum space without considering the constraint imposing any Ansatz. In addition, anomaly function also provides an effective means to judge the divergence of variant coupling currents on fields.     

The quark propagator from the Dyson-Schwinger equations: (I). The chiral solution

Within the framework of the Dyson-Schwinger equations in the axial gauge, and using a truncation procedure which respects the Ward-Takahashi identities, we study the effect that nonperturbative glue has on the quark propagator. We show that within this truncation scheme, the requirement of matching perturbative QCD at high momentum transfer leads to a multiplicatively renormalisable equation. Technically, the matching with perturbation theory is accomplished by the introduction of a transverse part to the quark-gluon vertex. In the case of an analytic gluon propagator, this truncation scheme can lead to chiral symmetry breaking only after the introduction of such a transverse vertex: massless solutions do not exist beyond a critical value of as. Using the gluon propagator that we previously obtained, we obtain small corrections to the quark propagator, which keeps a pole at the origin in the chiral phase.     

Threshold resummation in momentum space from effective field theory

Methods from soft-collinear effective theory are used to perform the threshold resummation of Sudakov logarithms for the deep-inelastic structure function F2(x,Q2) in the end-point region x-->1 directly in momentum space. An explicit all-order formula is derived, which expresses the short-distance coefficient function C in the convolution F2 = C multiply sign in circle phi q in terms of Wilson coefficients and anomalous dimensions defined in the effective theory. Contributions associated with the physical scales Q2 and Q2(1-x) are separated from nonperturbative hadronic physics in a transparent way. A crucial ingredient to the momentum-space resummation is the exact solution to the integro-differential evolution equation for the jet function, which is derived. The methods developed in this Letter can be applied to many other hard QCD processes.     

Derivation of a Closed Expression of the B-S Interaction Kernel for Quark-Antiquark Bound States

The interaction kernel in the Bethe-Salpeter (B-S) equation for quark-antiquark bound states is derivedfrom B-S equations satisfied by the quark-antiquark four-point Green‘s function. The latter equations are establishedbased on the equations of motion obeyed by the quark and antiquark propagators, the four-point Green‘s function andsome other kinds of Green‘s functions, which follow directly from the QCD generating functional. The derived B-Skernel is given by a closed and explicit expression which contains only a few types of Green‘s functions. This expressionis not only convenient for perturbative calculations, but also applicable for nonperturbative investigations. Since thekernel contains all the interactions taking place in the quark-antiquark bound states, it actually appears to be the mostsuitable starting point of studying the QCD nonperturbative effect and quark confinement.     

Instanton screening in the nonperturbative QCD

The gluon field screening in the stochastic vacuum of gluodynamics is studied. The effective action is derived for the instanton interacting with nonperturbative fields. Quantum nonperturbative effects are shown to affect greatly the shape of instanton. The power asymptotics x ⁻² of the classical “instanton’s profile function” at large distances is replaced due to these effects by Airy function asymptotics.     

A holomorphic and background independent partition function for matrix models and topological strings

We study various properties of a nonperturbative partition function which can be associated with any spectral curve. When the spectral curve arises from a matrix model, this nonperturbative partition function is given by a sum of matrix integrals over all possible filling fractions, and includes all the multi-instanton corrections to the perturbative 1/N$1/N$ expansion. We show that the nonperturbative partition function, which is manifestly holomorphic, is also modular and background independent: it transforms as the partition function of a twisted fermion on the spectral curve. Therefore, modularity is restored by nonperturbative corrections. We also show that this nonperturbative partition function obeys the Hirota equation and provides a natural nonperturbative completion for topological string theory on local Calabi–Yau 3-folds.     

Exact Calculations of Vertex ^-sγb and ,^-sZb in the Unitary Gauge

In this paper, we present the exact calculations for the vertex ^-sγb and ^sZb in the unitary gauge. We find that （a） the divergent- and μ-dependent terms are left in the effective vertex function Г^γμ（p, k） for b → sγ transition even after we sum up the contributions from four related Feynman diagrams; （b） for an on-shell photon, such terms do not contribute et al.; （c） for off-shell photon, these terms will be canceled when the contributions from both vertex ^sγb and ^sZb are taken into account simultaneously, and therefore the finite and gauge-independent function Zo（xt） = Co（xt） ＋ Do（xt）/4, which governs the semi-leptonic decay b → sl^- l^＋, is derived in the unitary gauge.