Should One Truncate the Electron Self-Energy?

D. Atkinson; M. P.  Fry

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(79)90033-6

Should One Truncate the Electron Self-Energy?

D. Atkinson, M. P. Fry

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Abstract

We point out that the electron propagator, calculated from a truncated Johnson-Baker-Willey equation, suffers from the following defects: lack of renormalizability gauge dependence of the electron electromagnetic mass, as well as unacceptable analytic structure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-308
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nuclear Physics B
Volume	156
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(79)90033-6
Publication status	Published - 3-Sept-1979

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