Imaginary part analysis in dynamical symmetry breaking Original Research Article

We present a new method for solving Schwinger-Dyson equations in gauge theories via an imaginary part analysis. The self-consistency equation for the fermion self-energy can be reduced from a numerical unstable eigenvalue problem to a finite-dimensional integral which can be solved easily. We can therefore derive relations between the dynamically generated fermion mass, the coupling, the gauge boson mass and the cutoff. For infinite cutoff the fermion mass is independent of the gauge boson mass which should be the relevant scale. Thus for a defined fermion mass it is necessary to incorporate a running coupling constant. Within our framework this is possible in a well-defined way. The results are reasonable and in agreement with the renormalization group in the asymptotic regime.