An alternate constructive approach to the φ 43 quantum field theory , and a possible destructive approach to φ
An alternate constructive approach to the φ 43 quantum field theory , and a possible destructive approach to φ
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2018
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A. Sokal
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I study the construction of cp4 quantum field theories by means of lattice approximations. It is easy to prove the existence of the continuum limit (by subsequences) ; the key question is whether this limit is something other than a (generalized) free field. I use correlation inequalities, infrared bounds and field equations to investigate this question. For space-time dimension d less than four, I give a simple proof that the continuum-limit theory is indeed nontrivial ; it relies, however, on a conjectured correlation inequality closely related to the T6 conjecture of Glimm and Jaffe. Moreover, the Euclidean invariance of the continuum theory is an open question within the present approach. For space-time dimension d greater than or equal to four, I argue but do not prove that the continuum limit is inevitably a (generalized) free field, irrespective of the choice of charge renormalization. The argument is based on old ideas of Landau and Pomeranchuk, improved through the use of correlation inequalities applied to the exact field equations. RESUME. On etudie la construction des theories cp4 des champs quantifies au moyen de l’approximation du reseau. On demontre facilement (*) This paper is a slightly revised version of a Ph. D. thesis presented to the physics department at Princeton University (January 1981). The research was supported in part by NSF grant PHY 78-23952. Annales de l’lnstitut Henri Poincare-Section A-Vol. XXXVII, 0020-2339/1 982/3 1 7/$ 5,00/ © Gauthier-Villars ’