國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

The physical renormalization of quan...

Binger, Michael William.

The physical renormalization of quantum field theories.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The physical renormalization of quantum field theories.
Author:	Binger, Michael William.
Description:	193 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Stanley J. Brodsky.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: B, page: 2623.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-05B.
Subject:	Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3219239
ISBN:	9780542705779

The physical renormalization of quantum field theories.
Binger, Michael William.

The physical renormalization of quantum field theories. - 193 p.

Adviser: Stanley J. Brodsky.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2006.

The profound revolutions in particle physics likely to emerge from current and future experiments motivates an improved understanding of the precise predictions of the Standard Model and new physics models. Higher order predictions in quantum field theories inevitably requires the renormalization procedure, which makes sensible predictions out of the naively divergent results of perturbation theory. Thus, a robust understanding of renormalization is crucial for identifying and interpreting the possible discovery of new physics. The results of this thesis represent a broad set of investigations into the nature of renormalization. I begin by motivating a more physical approach to renormalization based on gauge-invariant Green's functions. The resulting effective charges are first applied to gauge coupling unification. This approach provides an elegant formalism for understanding all threshold corrections, and the gauge couplings unify in a more physical manner compared to the usual methods. Next, the gauge-invariant three-gluon vertex is studied in detail, revealing an interesting and rich structure. The effective coupling for the three-gluon vertex, ak21,k2 2,k23 , depends on three momentum scales and gives rise to an effective scale Q2effk21 ,k22,k23 which governs the (sometimes surprising) behavior of the vertex. The effects of nonzero internal masses are important and have a complicated threshold and pseudo-threshold structure. The pinch-technique effective charge is also calculated to two-loops and several applications are discussed. The Higgs boson mass in Split Supersymmetry is calculated to two-loops, including all one-loop threshold effects, leading to a downward shift in the Higgs mass of a few GeV. Finally, I discuss some ideas regarding the overall structure of perturbation theory. This thesis lays the foundation for a comprehensive multi-scale analytic renormalization scheme based on gauge-invariant Green's functions, in which the scale ambiguity problem is reduced since physical kinematic invariants determine the arguments of the couplings.

ISBN: 9780542705779Subjects--Topical Terms:

227490
Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy.

The physical renormalization of quantum field theories.
LDR:03013nmm _2200253 _450 001 180561
005 20080111103738.5
008 090528s2006 eng d
020 $a 9780542705779
035 $a 00311586
040 $a UMI $c UMI
100 0 $a Binger, Michael William. $3 264136
245 1 4 $a The physical renormalization of quantum field theories.
300 $a 193 p.
500 $a Adviser: Stanley J. Brodsky.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: B, page: 2623.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2006.
520 # $a The profound revolutions in particle physics likely to emerge from current and future experiments motivates an improved understanding of the precise predictions of the Standard Model and new physics models. Higher order predictions in quantum field theories inevitably requires the renormalization procedure, which makes sensible predictions out of the naively divergent results of perturbation theory. Thus, a robust understanding of renormalization is crucial for identifying and interpreting the possible discovery of new physics. The results of this thesis represent a broad set of investigations into the nature of renormalization. I begin by motivating a more physical approach to renormalization based on gauge-invariant Green's functions. The resulting effective charges are first applied to gauge coupling unification. This approach provides an elegant formalism for understanding all threshold corrections, and the gauge couplings unify in a more physical manner compared to the usual methods. Next, the gauge-invariant three-gluon vertex is studied in detail, revealing an interesting and rich structure. The effective coupling for the three-gluon vertex, ak21,k2 2,k23 , depends on three momentum scales and gives rise to an effective scale Q2effk21 ,k22,k23 which governs the (sometimes surprising) behavior of the vertex. The effects of nonzero internal masses are important and have a complicated threshold and pseudo-threshold structure. The pinch-technique effective charge is also calculated to two-loops and several applications are discussed. The Higgs boson mass in Split Supersymmetry is calculated to two-loops, including all one-loop threshold effects, leading to a downward shift in the Higgs mass of a few GeV. Finally, I discuss some ideas regarding the overall structure of perturbation theory. This thesis lays the foundation for a comprehensive multi-scale analytic renormalization scheme based on gauge-invariant Green's functions, in which the scale ambiguity problem is reduced since physical kinematic invariants determine the arguments of the couplings.
590 $a School code: 0212.
650 # 0 $a Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy. $3 227490
690 $a 0798
710 0 # $a Stanford University. $3 212607
773 0 # $g 67-05B. $t Dissertation Abstracts International
790 $a 0212
790 1 0 $a Brodsky, Stanley J., $e advisor
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2006
856 4 0 $u http://libsw.nuk.edu.tw:81/login?url=http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3219239 $z http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3219239