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A hint of renormalization

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v3 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

An elementary introduction to perturbative renormalization and renormalization group is presented. No prior knowledge of field theory is necessary because we do not refer to a particular physical theory. We are thus able to disentangle what is specific to field theory and what is intrinsic to renormalization. We link the general arguments and results to real phenomena encountered in particle physics and statistical mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0212049,
  title  = {A hint of renormalization},
  author = {B. Delamotte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0212049},
  year   = {2015}
}

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17 pages, pedagogical article

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