Scaling of Aharonov-Bohm couplings and the dynamical vacuum in gauge theories

Abstract

Recent results on the vacuum polarization induced by a thin string of magnetic flux lead us to suggest an analogue of the Copenhagen `flux spaghetti' QCD vacuum as a possible mechanism for avoiding the divergence of perturbative QED, thus permitting consistent completion of the full, nonperturbative theory. The mechanism appears to operate for spinor, but not scalar, QED.

11 pages, ITP-SB-92-40, (major conceptual evolution from original)

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