Study of QED singular properties for variable gyromagnetic ratio $g\simeq 2$

TL;DR

This paper investigates nonperturbative quantum electrodynamics (QED) properties for arbitrary gyromagnetic ratio g, revealing a cusp at g=2 in key coefficients and implications for asymptotic freedom in Abelian theories.

Contribution

It introduces a nonperturbative analysis of QED with arbitrary g, highlighting a cusp at g=2 in the renormalization group coefficient and light-light scattering properties.

Findings

Cusp at g=2 in the QED b_0 coefficient.

Light-light scattering coefficients exhibit a cusp at g=2.

Implications for asymptotic freedom in certain g domains.

Abstract

Using the external field method, {\it i.e.\/} evaluating the effective action $V_{\mathrm{eff}}$ for an arbitrarily strong constant and homogeneous field, we explore nonperturbative properties of QED allowing arbitrary gyromagnetic ratio $g$. We find a cusp at $g = 2$ in: a) The QED $b_0$-renormalization group coefficient, and in the infinite wavelength limit in b) a subclass containing the pseudoscalar ${\cal P}^{2n}= (\vec E\cdot\vec B)^{2n} $ of light-light scattering coefficients. Properties of $b_0$ imply for certain domains of $g$ asymptotic freedom in an Abelian theory.