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Title: Unconventional minimal subtraction and Bogoliubov-Parasyuk-Hepp-Zimmermann method: Massive scalar theory and critical exponents

Abstract

We introduce a simpler although unconventional minimal subtraction renormalization procedure in the case of a massive scalar λφ{sup 4} theory in Euclidean space using dimensional regularization. We show that this method is very similar to its counterpart in massless field theory. In particular, the choice of using the bare mass at higher perturbative order instead of employing its tree-level counterpart eliminates all tadpole insertions at that order. As an application, we compute diagrammatically the critical exponents η and ν at least up to two loops. We perform an explicit comparison with the Bogoliubov-Parasyuk-Hepp-Zimmermann (BPHZ) method at the same loop order, show that the proposed method requires fewer diagrams and establish a connection between the two approaches.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portela, 64049-500 Teresina, PI (Brazil)
  2. Departamento de Física, Laboratório de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, PE (Brazil)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22217991
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 54; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIAGRAMS; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; FIELD THEORIES; RENORMALIZATION; SCALARS

Citation Formats

Carvalho, Paulo R. S., and Leite, Marcelo M. Unconventional minimal subtraction and Bogoliubov-Parasyuk-Hepp-Zimmermann method: Massive scalar theory and critical exponents. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4819259.
Carvalho, Paulo R. S., & Leite, Marcelo M. Unconventional minimal subtraction and Bogoliubov-Parasyuk-Hepp-Zimmermann method: Massive scalar theory and critical exponents. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4819259
Carvalho, Paulo R. S., and Leite, Marcelo M. 2013. "Unconventional minimal subtraction and Bogoliubov-Parasyuk-Hepp-Zimmermann method: Massive scalar theory and critical exponents". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4819259.
@article{osti_22217991,
title = {Unconventional minimal subtraction and Bogoliubov-Parasyuk-Hepp-Zimmermann method: Massive scalar theory and critical exponents},
author = {Carvalho, Paulo R. S. and Leite, Marcelo M.},
abstractNote = {We introduce a simpler although unconventional minimal subtraction renormalization procedure in the case of a massive scalar λφ{sup 4} theory in Euclidean space using dimensional regularization. We show that this method is very similar to its counterpart in massless field theory. In particular, the choice of using the bare mass at higher perturbative order instead of employing its tree-level counterpart eliminates all tadpole insertions at that order. As an application, we compute diagrammatically the critical exponents η and ν at least up to two loops. We perform an explicit comparison with the Bogoliubov-Parasyuk-Hepp-Zimmermann (BPHZ) method at the same loop order, show that the proposed method requires fewer diagrams and establish a connection between the two approaches.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4819259},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22217991}, journal = {Journal of Mathematical Physics},
issn = {0022-2488},
number = 9,
volume = 54,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}