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Title: Alternative approach to light-front perturbation theory

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA (United Kingdom)

We suggest a possible algorithm to calculate one-loop n-point functions within a variant of light-front perturbation theory. The key ingredients are the covariant Passarino-Veltman scheme and a surprising integration formula that localizes Feynman integrals at vanishing longitudinal momentum. The resulting expressions are generalizations of Weinberg's infinite-momentum results and are manifestly Lorentz invariant. For n=2 and 3 we explicitly show how to relate those to light-front integrals with standard energy denominators. All expressions are rendered finite by means of transverse dimensional regularization.

OSTI ID:
21010926
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 75, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.025013; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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