Concepts of Renormalization in Physics
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A non technical introduction to the concept of renormalization is given, with an emphasis on the energy scale dependence in the description of a physical system. We first describe the idea of scale dependence in the study of a ferromagnetic phase transition, and then show how similar ideas appear in Particle Physics. This short review is written for non-particle physicists and/or students aiming at studying Particle Physics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0508179,
title = {Concepts of Renormalization in Physics},
author = {Jean Alexandre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0508179},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
13 pages, qualitative introduction