Infrared catastrophe for Nelson's model - Non-existence of ground state and soft-boson divergence

Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 897-922

  Hirokawa, Masao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33846957354     PISSN: 00345318     EISSN: 16634926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2977/prims/1166642191     Document Type: Article

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