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Infrared Finiteness in Yang-Mills Theories

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
The infrared divergences of renormalizable theories with coupled massless fields (in particular, the Yang--Mills theory) are shown to cancel for transition probabilities corresponding to finite-energy-resolution detectors, just as in quantum electrodynamics. This result is established through lowest nontrivial order in perturbation theory for the detection of massive muons in a quantum electrodynamic theory containing massless electrons or the detection of massive quarks in a Yang--Mills theory.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-33-032074
OSTI ID:
4007953
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 36; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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