Renormalization of gauge invariant composite operators in light cone gauge

Jul, 1993
26 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 49 (1994) 1067-1076
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Report number:
  • DFPD-93-TH-53

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Abstract:
We generalize to composite operators concepts and techniques which have been successful in proving renormalization of the effective Action in light-cone gauge. Gauge invariant operators can be grouped into classes, closed under renormalization, which is matrix-wise. In spite of the presence of non-local counterterms, an ``effective" dimensional hierarchy still guarantees that any class is endowed with a finite number of elements. The main result we find is that gauge invariant operators under renormalization mix only among themselves, thanks to the very simple structure of Lee-Ward identities in this gauge, contrary to their behaviour in covariant gauges.
  • gauge field theory: SU(N)
  • fermion
  • light cone gauge
  • operator: composite
  • invariance: gauge
  • effective action
  • renormalization
  • regularization
  • perturbation theory: higher-order