Form factors, spectral and Källén-Lehmann representation in nonlocal quantum gravity

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Auteurs principaux: Briscese, Fabio, Calcagni, Gianluca, Modesto, Leonardo, Nardelli, Giuseppe
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author Briscese, Fabio
Calcagni, Gianluca
Modesto, Leonardo
Nardelli, Giuseppe
author_facet Briscese, Fabio
Calcagni, Gianluca
Modesto, Leonardo
Nardelli, Giuseppe
contents We discuss the conical region of convergence of exponential and asymptotically polynomial form factors and their integral representations. Then, we calculate the spectral representation of the propagator of nonlocal theories with entire form factors, in particular, of the above type. The spectral density is positive-definite and exhibits the same spectrum as the local theory. We also find that the piece of the propagator corresponding to the time-ordered two-point correlation function admits a generalization of the Källén-Lehmann representation with a standard momentum dependence and a spectral density differing from the local one only in the presence of interactions. These results are in agreement with what already known about the free theory after a field redefinition and about perturbative unitarity of the interacting theory. The spectral and Källén-Lehmann representations have the same standard local limit, which is recovered smoothly when sending the fundamental length scale $\ell_*$ in the form factor to zero.
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spellingShingle Form factors, spectral and Källén-Lehmann representation in nonlocal quantum gravity
Briscese, Fabio
Calcagni, Gianluca
Modesto, Leonardo
Nardelli, Giuseppe
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
We discuss the conical region of convergence of exponential and asymptotically polynomial form factors and their integral representations. Then, we calculate the spectral representation of the propagator of nonlocal theories with entire form factors, in particular, of the above type. The spectral density is positive-definite and exhibits the same spectrum as the local theory. We also find that the piece of the propagator corresponding to the time-ordered two-point correlation function admits a generalization of the Källén-Lehmann representation with a standard momentum dependence and a spectral density differing from the local one only in the presence of interactions. These results are in agreement with what already known about the free theory after a field redefinition and about perturbative unitarity of the interacting theory. The spectral and Källén-Lehmann representations have the same standard local limit, which is recovered smoothly when sending the fundamental length scale $\ell_*$ in the form factor to zero.
title Form factors, spectral and Källén-Lehmann representation in nonlocal quantum gravity
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14056