5-Point 1PI Proper Vertex Function of Gluon and the S-Matrix Element

Abstract

As far as the renormalization in perturbative QCD is concerned the n-point one particle irreducible (1PI) proper vertex function is the basic building block where the ultra-violet (UV) divergence occurs when the loop momentum integration limit goes to infinity. In this paper we express the S-matrix element for the $gg \rightarrow ggg$ scattering process at all orders in coupling constant in terms of 5-point, 4-point, 3-point 1PI proper vertex functions and the (full) propagator by using the path integral formulation of QCD.