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Nonlinear quantum field theories at small distances

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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For scalar, real, nonlinear field theories the compatibility of asymptotic scale invariance at small distances with the field equations and causality is shown forn-point functions involving only one coordinate difference (generalized propagators). No approximation method is necessary, if a certain symmetry property of these functions is assumed. For nonrenormalizable theories the quantization (which is then non-canonical) is not entirely fixed by the field equations and causality. « Tamm-Dancofi »-like approximations are briefly criticized.

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Per le teorie di campo soalari, reali, non lineari, si dimostra per funzioni din puntt che interessano una sola differenza di coordinate (propagatori generalizzati), la compatibilità a piccole distanze dell’invarianza asintotica di scala con le equazioni di campo e la causalità. Non è necessario alcun metodo di approssimazione, se si presuppone una proprletà di simmetria di tali funzioni. Per le teorie non rinormalizzabili la quantizzazione (che allora non è canonica) non è interamente flssata dalle equazioni di campo e dalla causalità. Si criticano brevemente le approssimazioni del tipo di Tamm-D ancoff.

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This work was supported in part through AEC Contract AT (30-l)-2098, by funds provided by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Office of Scientific Research.

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Mitter, H. Nonlinear quantum field theories at small distances. Nuovo Cim 38, 1040–1046 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02748614

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