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View SchemaRegularization and renormalization in effective field theories of the nucleon-nucleon interaction
| Authors | D. R. Phillips, S. R. Beane, T. D. Cohen |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9709066 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9709066 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0375-9474(98)00045-1 |
| Journal | Nucl.Phys.A631:447c-451c,1998 |
Abstract
Some form of nonperturbative regularization is necessary if effective field theory treatments of the NN interaction are to yield finite answers. We discuss various regularization schemes used in the literature. Two of these methods involve formally iterating the divergent interaction and then regularizing and renormalizing the resultant amplitude. Either a (sharp or smooth) cutoff can be introduced, or dimensional regularization can be applied. We show that these two methods yield different results after renormalization. Furthermore, if a cutoff is used, the NN phase shift data cannot be reproduced if the cutoff is taken to infinity. We also argue that the assumptions which allow the use of dimensional regularization in perturbative EFT calculations are violated in this problem. Another possibility is to introduce a regulator into the potential before iteration and then keep the cutoff parameter finite. We argue that this does not lead to a systematically-improvable NN interaction.
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"abstract": "Some form of nonperturbative regularization is necessary if effective field\ntheory treatments of the NN interaction are to yield finite answers. We discuss\nvarious regularization schemes used in the literature. Two of these methods\ninvolve formally iterating the divergent interaction and then regularizing and\nrenormalizing the resultant amplitude. Either a (sharp or smooth) cutoff can be\nintroduced, or dimensional regularization can be applied. We show that these\ntwo methods yield different results after renormalization. Furthermore, if a\ncutoff is used, the NN phase shift data cannot be reproduced if the cutoff is\ntaken to infinity. We also argue that the assumptions which allow the use of\ndimensional regularization in perturbative EFT calculations are violated in\nthis problem. Another possibility is to introduce a regulator into the\npotential before iteration and then keep the cutoff parameter finite. We argue\nthat this does not lead to a systematically-improvable NN interaction.",
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