Asymptotic single-particle states and exact Lorentz-violating all-loop quantum corrections for scalar field theory

TL;DR

This paper provides the first exact all-loop renormalization of Lorentz-violating scalar field theory, revealing how Lorentz violation affects single-particle states and extending previous approximate results.

Contribution

It introduces an exact all-loop renormalization approach for Lorentz-violating scalar field theory, including analysis of asymptotic states, which was not previously available.

Findings

Exact all-loop renormalization results obtained.

Lorentz violation impacts single-particle states.

Results generalize previous approximations.

Abstract

We perform the all-loop renormalization of the O($N$) $\lambda\phi^{4}$ scalar field theory with Lorentz violation which is exact in the Lorentz-violating $K_{\mu\nu}$ coefficients. This task is fulfilled analytically firstly explicitly at next-to-leading order and later at all loop levels through an induction process based on a general theorem emerging from the exact approach. We show that the exact results reduce to the approximated ones, previously obtained, in the appropriated limit and comment on their implications. The current exact calculation involving such a symmetry breaking mechanism in the referred theory is the first one in literature for our knowledge. At the end, we analyze the effect of Lorentz violation on the asymptotic single-particle states.