Noncompact lattice QED with two charges: Phase diagram and renormalization group flow
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ (United Kingdom)
The phase diagram of noncompact lattice QED in four dimensions with staggered fermions of charges 1 and {minus}1/2 is investigated. The renormalized charges are determined and found to be in agreement with perturbation theory. This is an indication that there is no continuum limit with nonvanishing renormalized gauge coupling, and that the theory has a validity bound for every finite value of the renormalized coupling. The renormalization group flow of the charges is investigated and an estimate for the validity bound as a function of the cutoff is obtained. Generalizing this estimate to all fermions in the standard model, it is found that a cutoff at the Planck scale implies that {alpha}{sub {ital R}} has to be less than 1/80. Because of spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking, strongly bound fermion-antifermion composite states are generated. Their spectrum is discussed. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 284584
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Vol. 53, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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