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arxiv: 0801.2462 · v3 · submitted 2008-01-16 · ✦ hep-th · hep-ph

A Resummable beta-Function for Massless QED

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keywords beta-functioncannotfixedmasslesspointresummabletheoryanomalous
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Within the set of schemes defined by generalized, manifestly gauge invariant exact renormalization groups for QED, it is argued that the beta-function in the four dimensional massless theory cannot possess any nonperturbative power corrections. Consequently, the perturbative expression for the beta-function must be resummable. This argument cannot be extended to flows of the other couplings or to the anomalous dimension of the fermions and so perturbation theory does not define a unique trajectory in the critical surface of the Gaussian fixed point. Thus, resummability of the beta-function is not inconsistent with the expectation that a non-trivial fixed point does not exist.

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