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Main Authors: Ma, Bailing, Ji, Chueng-Ryong
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17074
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author Ma, Bailing
Ji, Chueng-Ryong
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Ji, Chueng-Ryong
contents Performing the perturbative calculation of the vacuum polarization amplitude in QED1+1, one finds an anomalous axial vector Ward identity. We note that the photon self-energy function displays a singularity in the 1+1D case, in stark contrast to the 3+1D case. We discuss the nature of this singularity and its physical implications from the perspectives of axial anomaly and confinement in two-dimensional QED. Computing the total cross section of $e^+e^-\to μ^+μ^-$ and displaying the toy version of the R ratio in 1+1D with respect to the typical R ratio in 3+1D, we discuss the significance of using the dressed photon propagator in obtaining the finite cross section.
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spellingShingle Axial Anomaly and Confinement in Two-dimensional QED: Singular Behavior of Vacuum Polarization at Threshold
Ma, Bailing
Ji, Chueng-Ryong
High Energy Physics - Theory
Performing the perturbative calculation of the vacuum polarization amplitude in QED1+1, one finds an anomalous axial vector Ward identity. We note that the photon self-energy function displays a singularity in the 1+1D case, in stark contrast to the 3+1D case. We discuss the nature of this singularity and its physical implications from the perspectives of axial anomaly and confinement in two-dimensional QED. Computing the total cross section of $e^+e^-\to μ^+μ^-$ and displaying the toy version of the R ratio in 1+1D with respect to the typical R ratio in 3+1D, we discuss the significance of using the dressed photon propagator in obtaining the finite cross section.
title Axial Anomaly and Confinement in Two-dimensional QED: Singular Behavior of Vacuum Polarization at Threshold
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17074