Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1996-05-17
Phys.Rev. D55 (1997) 3664-3673
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
25 pages, 4 figures. Several typewritten errors and inappropriate arguments are corrected, especially the correct adresses of
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.3664
We apply differential renormalization method to the study of three-dimensional topologically massive Yang-Mills and Chern-Simons theories. The method is especially suitable for such theories as it avoids the need for dimensional continuation of three-dimensional antisymmetric tensor and the Feynman rules for three-dimensional theories in coordinate space are relatively simple. The calculus involved is still lengthy but not as difficult as other existing methods of calculation. We compute one-loop propagators and vertices and derive the one-loop local effective action for topologically massive Yang-Mills theory. We then consider Chern-Simons field theory as the large mass limit of topologically massive Yang-Mills theory and show that this leads to the famous shift in the parameter $k$. Some useful formulas for the calculus of differential renormalization of three-dimensional field theories are given in an Appendix.
Chen Wen-Feng
Lee Hyun C.
Zhu Zhong-Yuan
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