When renormalizability is not sufficient: Coulomb problem for vector bosons

dc.creatorFlambaum, Victor
dc.creatorKuchiev, Michael
dc.date2006-09-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:27:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:27:07Z
dc.descriptionThe Coulomb problem for vector bosons W incorporates a known difficulty; the boson falls on the center. In QED the fermion vacuum polarization produces a barrier at small distances which solves the problem. In a renormalizable SU(2) theory containing vector triplet (W^+,W^-,gamma) and a heavy fermion doublet F with mass M the W^- falls on F^+, to distances r ~ 1/M, where M can be made arbitrary large. To prevent the collapse the theory needs additional light fermions, which switch the ultraviolet behavior of the theory from the asymptotic freedom to the Landau pole. Similar situation can take place in the Standard Model. Thus, the renormalizability of a theory is not sufficient to guarantee a reasonable behavior at small distances for non-perturbative problems, such as a bound state problem.
dc.descriptionFour pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0609194
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0609194
dc.identifierMod.Phys.Lett.A22:2971-2977,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1142/S0217732307025984
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196048
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectAtomic Physics
dc.titleWhen renormalizability is not sufficient: Coulomb problem for vector bosons
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