Exact Schwinger functions for a class of bounded interactions in $d\geq 2$

TL;DR

This paper constructs exact non-perturbative Schwinger functions for a class of bounded scalar quantum field theories in dimensions two and higher, revealing their relation to a specific erf interaction and analyzing their non-Gaussian features.

Contribution

It provides a non-perturbative construction of Schwinger functions for bounded interactions, linking them to erf interactions and exploring the role of discontinuities in the potential.

Findings

Schwinger functions coincide with tree-level irreducible functions of erf interaction.

All n-point connected Schwinger functions (n≠2) exist non-perturbatively in the UV limit.

Non-Gaussianity is governed by the discontinuity of the potential at zero.

Abstract

We consider a scalar Euclidean QFT with interaction given by a bounded, measurable function $V$ such that $V^{\pm}:=\lim_{w\to \pm\infty}V(w)$ exist. We find a field renormalization such that all the $n$-point connected Schwinger functions for $n\neq 2$ exist non-perturbatively in the UV limit. They coincide with the tree-level one-particle irreducible Schwinger functions of the $\mathrm{erf}(\phi/\sqrt{2})$ interaction with a coupling constant $\frac{1}{2} (V^+ - V^-)$. By a slight modification of our construction we can change this coupling constant to $\frac{1}{2} (V_+ - V_-)$, where $V_{\pm}:= \lim_{w\to 0^{\pm}} V(w)$. Thereby non-Gaussianity of these latter theories is governed by a discontinuity of $V$ at zero. The open problem of controlling also the two-point function of these QFTs is discussed.