Zero modes, beta functions and IR/UV interplay in higher-loop QED

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 639-661

  Dunne, Gerald V ^a   Gies, Holger ^b   Schubert, Christian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^d California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonperturbative Effects; Renormalization Group; Renormalization Regularization and Renormalons

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044470722     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/11/032     Document Type: Article

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