On the gauge dependence of Quantum Electrodynamics

Abstract

This paper reports on our diagrammatic approach to characterize the gauge dependence of Quantum Electrodynamics in the linear covariant gauge. Our dimensionally independent technique is purely based on a perturbative analysis and allows us to construct the full expansion in the gauge parameter of a Green’s function from its value in a particular gauge (such as the Feynman or Landau gauge). Further, we clarify the compatiblity of perturbation theory and the Landau– Khalatnikov–Fradkin transform.