scholarly journals On the Use of the Tomonaga Intermediate Coupling Method in Meson Theory

1950 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 918-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Watson ◽  
Edward W. Hart
1956 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukihisa Nogami ◽  
Hiroichi Hasegawa

1954 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1760-1767 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Lee ◽  
R. Christian

Following the formal work of the preceding paper, a method is proposed to evaluate the functional integral which has been derived for the Green function of one nucleon interacting with a pseudoscalar meson field. The method is basically that of stationary phase taken to its second approximation, and since this approximation where applicable is accurate in the limits of strong and weak coupling constants, it is assumed good in general. There are several difficulties involved in the evaluation, and as far as possible these are isolated and discussed with the aid of models each showing one difficulty alone. Combining these separate points, the evaluation of the functional integral is thereby expressed in terms of the solution of a set of coupled equations which provide a basis for a covariant intermediate coupling approach to the problem. The solution of these equations is not attempted in this paper.


The solutions of scalar meson theory with infinitely heavy nucleons are well known in the limits of weak and strong coupling, and also there is the intermediate coupling method of Tomonaga which bridges the gap between them. However, the latter requires special trial functions and a cut-off procedure, so it is interesting to try to construct a method which develops a general solution analytically, particularly in order to answer the following question: When infinite quantities are absorbed by renormalization does the weakness or strongness of the coupling depend upon the renormalized quantities only? In this paper the problem of one nucleon is tackled in the functional integration formalism. It has been shown that this method encompasses both strong and weak limits, and here an attempt will be made to develop a general solution using the method of stationary phase.


1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Zh. Baimatov ◽  
D. Ch. Khuzhakulov ◽  
Kh. T. Sharipov

1956 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Kanazawa ◽  
Masao Sugawara

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