Perturbative description of the fermionic projector: Normalization, causality, and Furry's theorem

Abstract

The causal perturbation expansion of the fermionic projector is performed with a contour integral method. Different normalization conditions are analyzed. It is shown that the corresponding light-cone expansions are causal in the sense that they only involve bounded line integrals. For the resulting loop diagrams we prove a generalized Furry theorem. (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.