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arxiv: 1008.3949 · v1 · pith:OZXB4QYTnew · submitted 2010-08-24 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-th

Soft Collinear Degeneracies in an Asymptotically Free Theory

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keywords collineardivergencestheoryasymptoticallycancelfreesofttheories
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In asymptotically free theories with collinear divergences it is sometimes claimed that these divergences cancel if one sums over initial and final state degenerate cross-sections and uses an off-shell renormalisation scheme. We show for scalar $\phi^3$ theory in six dimensions that there are further classes of soft collinear divergences and that they do not cancel. Furthermore, they yield a non-convergent series of terms at a fixed order of perturbation theory. Similar effects in gauge theories are also summarised.

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