Anatomy of a gauge theory

Sep, 2005
22 pages
Published in:
  • Annals Phys. 321 (2006) 2757-2781
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We exhibit the role of Hochschild cohomology in quantum field theory with particular emphasis on gauge theory and Dyson--Schwinger equations, the quantum equations of motion. These equations emerge from Hopf- and Lie algebra theory and free quantum field theory only. In the course of our analysis we exhibit an intimate relation between the Slavnov-Taylor identities for the couplings and the existence of Hopf sub-algebras defined on the sum of all graphs at a given loop order, surpassing the need to work on single diagrams.
  • quantum electrodynamics
  • fermion
  • vertex function
  • algebra: Hopf
  • algebra: Lie
  • cohomology
  • Dyson-Schwinger equation
  • Slavnov identity
  • Feynman graph: higher-order
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