Saturday, 7 March 2015

quantum field theory - Pauli Villars Regularization



Consider the t-channel diagram of phi-4 one loop diagrams. Evaluated it is, with loop momenta p,


λ22d4p(2π)41(p+q)2m21p2m2


If I want to regularize this using Pauli-Villars regularization, which is the correct method? The procedure is to make the replacement 1p2m21p2m21p2Λ2.


My question is do I apply the reguarization to one term in the integral or both terms?


I've seen variations where the propagators become 1p2m21(p+q)2m21p2m21(p+q)2m21p2Λ21(p+q)2Λ2 and also where we have 1p2m21(p+q)2m2(1p2m21p2Λ2)(1(p+q)2m21(p+q)2Λ2)


In the latter case one ends up with four terms and each term is then evaluated using a Feynman parameter and integrating over wick rotated momenta, obtaining a logarithmic expression.


I'm pretty sure I've also seen where it was only applied to one of the terms.


Which is correct? (or are they equivalent?)




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