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The Källén–Lehmann spectral representation gives a general expression for the two-point function of an interacting quantum field theory as a sum of free propagators. It was discovered by Gunnar Källén and Harry Lehmann independently. This can be written as : being the spectral density function that should be positive definite. In a gauge theory, this latter condition cannot be granted but nevertheless a spectral representation can be provided. This belongs to non-perturbative techniques of quantum field theory. ==Mathematical derivation== In order to derive a spectral representation for the propagator of a field , one consider a complete set of states so that, for the two-point function one can write : We can now use Poincaré invariance of the vacuum to write down : Let us introduce the spectral density function :. We have used the fact that our two-point function, being a function of , can only depend on . Besides, all the intermediate states have and . It is immediate to realize that the spectral density function is real and positive. So, one can write : and we freely interchange the integration, this should be done carefully from a mathematical standpoint but here we ignore this, and write this expression as : being :. From CPT theorem we also know that holds an identical expression for and so we arrive at the expression for the chronologically ordered product of fields : being now : a free particle propagator. Now, as we have the exact propagator given by the chronologically ordered two-point function, we have obtained the spectral decomposition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Källén–Lehmann spectral representation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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