scholarly journals Fermionization, Convergent Perturbation Theory, and Correlations in the Yang–Mills Quantum Field Theory in Four Dimensions

2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-296
Author(s):  
Jonathan Weitsman
2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (05) ◽  
pp. 491-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volkhard F. Müller

In this article a self-contained exposition of proving perturbative renormalizability of a quantum field theory based on an adaption of Wilson's differential renormalization group equation to perturbation theory is given. The topics treated include the spontaneously broken SU(2) Yang–Mills theory. Although mainly a coherent but selective review, the article contains also some simplifications and extensions with respect to the literature.


Author(s):  
Gordon W. Semenoff

This chapter gives a pedagogical review of the holographic duality between string theory and quantum field theory. The main focus is on the duality of maximally supersymmetric Yang–Mills gauge theory in four dimensions with string theory in asymptotically anti-de Sitter backgrounds. This duality is motivated using the large N expansion in the rank of the gauge group, as well as the D-brane solution for the AdS string theory background. The computation of Wilson loops on both sides of the duality is given as an example.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Galvagno ◽  
Michelangelo Preti

Abstract We consider a family of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 superconformal field theories in four dimensions, defined as ℤq orbifolds of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 Super Yang-Mills theory. We compute the chiral/anti-chiral correlation functions at a perturbative level, using both the matrix model approach arising from supersymmetric localisation on the four-sphere and explicit field theory calculations on the flat space using the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 superspace formalism. We implement a highly efficient algorithm to produce a large number of results for finite values of N , exploiting the symmetries of the quiver to reduce the complexity of the mixing between the operators. Finally the interplay with the field theory calculations allows to isolate special observables which deviate from $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 only at high orders in perturbation theory.


2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1291-1348 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL DÜTSCH ◽  
KLAUS FREDENHAGEN

In the framework of perturbative algebraic quantum field theory a local construction of interacting fields in terms of retarded products is performed, based on earlier work of Steinmann [42]. In our formalism the entries of the retarded products are local functionals of the off-shell classical fields, and we prove that the interacting fields depend only on the action and not on terms in the Lagrangian which are total derivatives, thus providing a proof of Stora's "Action Ward Identity" [45]. The theory depends on free parameters which flow under the renormalization group. This flow can be derived in our local framework independently of the infrared behavior, as was first established by Hollands and Wald [32]. We explicitly compute non-trivial examples for the renormalization of the interaction and the field.


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350003
Author(s):  
W. F. CHEN

We review the historical development and physical ideas of topological Yang–Mills theory and explain how quantum field theory, a physical framework describing subatomic physics, can be used as a tool to study differential geometry. We further emphasize that this phenomenon demonstrates that the inter-relation between theoretical physics and mathematics have come into a new stage.


2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (07) ◽  
pp. 1642008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Bietenholz

We sketch the basic ideas of the lattice regularization in Quantum Field Theory, the corresponding Monte Carlo simulations, and applications to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). This approach enables the numerical measurement of observables at the non-perturbative level. We comment on selected results, with a focus on hadron masses and the link to Chiral Perturbation Theory. At last, we address two outstanding issues: topological freezing and the sign problem.


2014 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Englert

From its inception in statistical physics to its role in the construction and in the development of the asymmetric Yang–Mills phase in quantum field theory, the notion of spontaneous broken symmetry permeates contemporary physics. This is reviewed with particular emphasis on the conceptual issues.


An investigation is started into a possible mathematical structure of the Wheeler-DeWitt superspace quantization of general relativity. The emphasis is placed throughout on quantum field theory aspects of the problem and topics discussed include canonical commutation relations in a triad basis, the status of the constraint equation and the rôle played by perturbation theory.


1988 ◽  
Vol 03 (17) ◽  
pp. 1647-1650 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. MANSFIELD

We show that the first Donaldson invariant expressed by Witten as the partition function of a relativistic quantum field theory can be interpreted as the winding number of the stochastic map introduced by Nicolai in the context of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories.


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