Three-loop renormalization of the SU(N<sub>c</sub>) non-abelian Thirring model



Bennett, JF and Gracey, JA ORCID: 0000-0002-9101-2853
(1999) Three-loop renormalization of the SU(N<sub>c</sub>) non-abelian Thirring model. NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 563 (1-2). pp. 390-436.

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Abstract

We renormalize to three loops a version of the Thirring model where the fermion fields not only lie in the fundamental representation of a non-abelian colour group SU(Nc) but also depend on the number of flavours, Nf. The model is not multiplicatively renormalizable in dimensional regularization due to the generation of evanescent operators which emerge at each loop order. Their effect in the construction of the true wave function, mass and coupling constant renormalization constants is handled by considering the projection technique to a new order. Having constructed the MS renormalization group functions we consider other massless independent renormalization schemes to ensure that the renormalization is consistent with the equivalence of the non-abelian Thirring model with other models with a four-fermi interaction. One feature to emerge from the computation is the establishment of the fact that the SU(Nf) Gross-Neveu model is not multiplicatively renormalizable in dimensional regularization. An evanescent operator arises first at three loops and we determine its associated renormalization constant explicitly. © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: LTH 456. arXiv Number: arXiv:hep-th/9909046v1. Available online 2 February 2000. Issue: 6 December 1999.
Uncontrolled Keywords: GROSS-NEVEU MODEL, DEEP-INELASTIC SCATTERING, MASS ANOMALOUS DIMENSION, 2-LOOP BETA-FUNCTION, ZUMINO-WITTEN MODEL, QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS, EVANESCENT OPERATORS, ARBITRARY DIMENSIONS, PERTURBATION-THEORY, GAUGE-THEORIES
Subjects: ?? QC ??
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences > Mathematical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2008 10:56
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2023 15:33
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00570-2
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/615