Vacuum polarization tensor in three-dimensional quantum electrodynamics
Aug, 199112 pages
Published in:
- Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 7 (1992) 5307-5316
Report number:
- IFT-P-028-91
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We evaluate the one-loop vacuum polarization tensor for three-dimensional quantum electrodynamics (QED), using an analytic regularization technique, implemented in a gauge-invariant way. We show thus that a gauge boson mass is generated at this level of radiative correction to the photon propagator. We also point out in our conclusions that the generalization for the non Abelian case is straightforward.- quantum electrodynamics
- dimension: 3
- vacuum polarization: tensor
- tensor: vacuum polarization
- gauge boson: mass generation
- mass generation: gauge boson
- photon: propagator
- radiative correction
- regularization
- invariance: gauge
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