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Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory

The Kroll-Lee-Zumino theory, an Abelian renormalizable quantum field theory of charged pions and a neutral ρ meson, provides a framework to compute corrections to the tree-level Vector-Meson-Dominance model. Despite a large ρππ coupling (gρππ ≈ 5), the loop suppresion factor of 1=(4π)² helps give re...

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Main Author: Lushozi, Mawande
Other Authors: Dominguez, Cesareo A
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Published: Department of Physics 2017
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description The Kroll-Lee-Zumino theory, an Abelian renormalizable quantum field theory of charged pions and a neutral ρ meson, provides a framework to compute corrections to the tree-level Vector-Meson-Dominance model. Despite a large ρππ coupling (gρππ ≈ 5), the loop suppresion factor of 1=(4π)² helps give reasonably small NLO (one-loop) corrections. When it comes to describing hadronic physics, one might say, these one-loop results achieve moderate to excellent success. Where the one-loop results show less than impressive agreement with experiment, it seems plausible that the NNLO (two-loop) corrections would remedy the situation. In this thesis the two-loop contribution to the ρ⁰ meson is calculated. It turns out to be larger than the one-loop result and so one must conclude that perturbation theory breaks down at this level.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/25361 Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory Lushozi, Mawande Dominguez, Cesareo A Schilcher, Karl Physics Theoretical Physics The Kroll-Lee-Zumino theory, an Abelian renormalizable quantum field theory of charged pions and a neutral ρ meson, provides a framework to compute corrections to the tree-level Vector-Meson-Dominance model. Despite a large ρππ coupling (gρππ ≈ 5), the loop suppresion factor of 1=(4π)² helps give reasonably small NLO (one-loop) corrections. When it comes to describing hadronic physics, one might say, these one-loop results achieve moderate to excellent success. Where the one-loop results show less than impressive agreement with experiment, it seems plausible that the NNLO (two-loop) corrections would remedy the situation. In this thesis the two-loop contribution to the ρ⁰ meson is calculated. It turns out to be larger than the one-loop result and so one must conclude that perturbation theory breaks down at this level. 2017-09-23T06:39:54Z 2017-09-23T06:39:54Z 2017 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25361 eng application/pdf Department of Physics Faculty of Science University of Cape Town
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Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory
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title Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory
title_full Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory
title_fullStr Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory
title_full_unstemmed Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory
title_short Rho-Meson propagator at two-loop order in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino quantum field theory
title_sort rho meson propagator at two loop order in the kroll lee zumino quantum field theory
topic Physics
Theoretical Physics
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