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Title: How gauge covariance of the fermion and boson propagators in QED constrain the effective fermion-boson vertex

Abstract

In this paper, we derive the gauge covariance requirement imposed on the QED fermion-photon three-point function within the framework of a spectral representation for fermion propagators. When satisfied, such requirement ensures solutions to the fermion propagator Schwinger-Dyson equation (SDE) in any covariant gauge with arbitrary numbers of spacetime dimensions to be consistent with the Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformation (LKFT). The general result has been verified by the special cases of three and four dimensions. Additionally, we present the condition that ensures the vacuum polarization is independent of the gauge parameter. Finally, as an illustration, we show how the gauge technique dimensionally regularized in four dimensions does not satisfy the covariance requirement.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States). Physics Dept.
  2. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States). Physics Dept.; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States). Theory Center
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1335374
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1335196
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-16-2373; DOE/OR-23177-3975
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Jia, Shaoyang, and Pennington, M. R. How gauge covariance of the fermion and boson propagators in QED constrain the effective fermion-boson vertex. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.116004.
Jia, Shaoyang, & Pennington, M. R. How gauge covariance of the fermion and boson propagators in QED constrain the effective fermion-boson vertex. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.116004
Jia, Shaoyang, and Pennington, M. R. 2016. "How gauge covariance of the fermion and boson propagators in QED constrain the effective fermion-boson vertex". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.116004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335374.
@article{osti_1335374,
title = {How gauge covariance of the fermion and boson propagators in QED constrain the effective fermion-boson vertex},
author = {Jia, Shaoyang and Pennington, M. R.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we derive the gauge covariance requirement imposed on the QED fermion-photon three-point function within the framework of a spectral representation for fermion propagators. When satisfied, such requirement ensures solutions to the fermion propagator Schwinger-Dyson equation (SDE) in any covariant gauge with arbitrary numbers of spacetime dimensions to be consistent with the Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformation (LKFT). The general result has been verified by the special cases of three and four dimensions. Additionally, we present the condition that ensures the vacuum polarization is independent of the gauge parameter. Finally, as an illustration, we show how the gauge technique dimensionally regularized in four dimensions does not satisfy the covariance requirement.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.94.116004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1335374}, journal = {Physical Review D},
issn = {2470-0010},
number = 11,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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