Renormalisation of the Volkov propagator
arXiv:1905.05551 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.036001
Abstract
The perturbative description of an electron propagating in a plane wave background is developed and loop corrections analysed. The ultraviolet divergences and associated renormalisation are studied using the sideband framework within which the multiplicative form of the corrections becomes manifest. An additional renormalisation beyond that usually expected is identified and interpreted as a loop correction to the background induced mass term. Results for the strong field sector are conjectured.
23 pages, 17 figures. Version to appear in Physical Review D
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