The Systematics of Radiative Corrections and A Proposed Approximative Evaluation Scheme
(2012) FYTM02 20121Theoretical Particle Physics - Has been reorganised
- Abstract
- We propose an approximate scheme based on a saddle point approximation of propagators in higher order perturbation calculation. This scheme is applied to a general expression for one-loop scalar functions, and thereafter used to calculate the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron. The scheme is shown to be increasingly precise as the number of propagators increase, spanning a precision of 0.72 for the exact calculation for a three-Point function, to 0.90 for a five-Point function. The possible applications of this approximation, as well as it’s extension to divergent diagrams and higher-loop calculations are discussed.
In addition, the general systematics of one-loop expressions are reviewed, as well as an introduction to... (More) - We propose an approximate scheme based on a saddle point approximation of propagators in higher order perturbation calculation. This scheme is applied to a general expression for one-loop scalar functions, and thereafter used to calculate the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron. The scheme is shown to be increasingly precise as the number of propagators increase, spanning a precision of 0.72 for the exact calculation for a three-Point function, to 0.90 for a five-Point function. The possible applications of this approximation, as well as it’s extension to divergent diagrams and higher-loop calculations are discussed.
In addition, the general systematics of one-loop expressions are reviewed, as well as an introduction to regularization and renormalization. (Less)
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- author
- Wallin Sonesson, Leo LU
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- organization
- course
- FYTM02 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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- keywords
- saddle point, loop diagram approximations
- language
- English
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- 3163763
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@misc{3163763, abstract = {{We propose an approximate scheme based on a saddle point approximation of propagators in higher order perturbation calculation. This scheme is applied to a general expression for one-loop scalar functions, and thereafter used to calculate the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron. The scheme is shown to be increasingly precise as the number of propagators increase, spanning a precision of 0.72 for the exact calculation for a three-Point function, to 0.90 for a five-Point function. The possible applications of this approximation, as well as it’s extension to divergent diagrams and higher-loop calculations are discussed. In addition, the general systematics of one-loop expressions are reviewed, as well as an introduction to regularization and renormalization.}}, author = {{Wallin Sonesson, Leo}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The Systematics of Radiative Corrections and A Proposed Approximative Evaluation Scheme}}, year = {{2012}}, }