Scaling of Aharonov-Bohm couplings and the dynamical vacuum in gauge theories

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.51.919· OSTI ID:6640341

Goldhaber, A S ^[1]; Li, H ^[2]; Parwani, R R ^[3]

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1. Intitute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3840 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, National Chung-Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan (Taiwan, Province of China)
3. Service de Physique Theorique, CE-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

Recent results on the vacuum polarization induced by a thin string of magnetic flux lead us to suggest an analogue of the Copenhagen flux spaghetti'' QCD vacuum as a possible mechanism for avoiding the divergence of perturbative QED, thus permitting a consistent completion of the full, nonperturbative theory. The mechanism appears to operate for spinor, but not scalar, QED.

• OSTI ID: 6640341
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 51:2; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT
COUPLING
ELECTRODYNAMICS
FIELD THEORIES
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PERTURBATION THEORY
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SCALING
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