Perturbative coherence in field theory
Author(s) -
R. Aldrovandi,
R. A. Kraenkel
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of mathematical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.708
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1089-7658
pISSN - 0022-2488
DOI - 10.1063/1.528273
Subject(s) - field theory (psychology) , lagrangian , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , field (mathematics) , mathematics , mathematical physics , classical field theory , physics , quantum field theory , theoretical physics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , general relativity
The basic field equations of a field theory are not always derivable from a Lagrangian. Lagrangian theories are perturbatively coherent, in the sense that they have well‐defined vertices. Non‐Lagrangian theories may be coherent or not. Coherent theories are, in principle, quantizable by perturbative methods. The general condition for a theory to have well‐defined vertices is given.
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