The mass renormalization of nonperturbative light-front Hamiltonian theory: An illustration using truncated, Pauli-Villars-regulated Yukawa interactions

Stanley J. Brodsky; John R. Hiller; Gary McCartor

doi:10.1016/S0003-4916(03)00063-0

The mass renormalization of nonperturbative light-front Hamiltonian theory: An illustration using truncated, Pauli-Villars-regulated Yukawa interactions

Stanley J. Brodsky, John R. Hiller, Gary McCartor

Physics & Astronomy (Duluth)

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Abstract

We obtain analytic, nonperturbative, approximate solutions of Yukawa theory in the one-fermion sector using light-front quantization. The theory is regulated in the ultraviolet by the introduction of heavy Pauli-Villars scalar and fermion fields, each with negative norm. In order to obtain a directly soluble problem, fermion-pair creation and annihilation are neglected, and the number of bosonic constituents is limited to one of either type. We discuss some of the features of the wave function of the eigensolution, including its endpoint behavior and spin and orbital angular momentum content. The limit of infinite Pauli-Villars mass receives special scrutiny.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	266-285
Number of pages	20
Journal	Annals of Physics
Volume	305
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4916(03)00063-0
State	Published - Jun 2003

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This work was supported by the Department of Energy through Contracts DE-AC03-76SF00515 (S.J.B.), DE-FG02-98ER41087 (J.R.H.), and DE-FG03-95ER40908 (G.M.). We also thank the Los Alamos National Laboratory for its hospitality while this work was being completed.

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Light-cone quantization
Mass renormalization
Pauli-Villars regularization
Yukawa theory

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The mass renormalization of nonperturbative light-front Hamiltonian theory: An illustration using truncated, Pauli-Villars-regulated Yukawa interactions

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