Puzzles of Divergence and Renormalization in Quantum Field Theory
Abstract
A regularization renormalization method () in quantum field theory () is discussed with simple rules: Once a divergent integral is encountered, we first take its derivative with respect to some mass parameter enough times, rendering it just convergent. Then integrate it back into with some arbitrary constants appeared. Third, the renormalization is nothing but a process of reconfirmation to fix relevant parameters (mass, charge, \etc) by experimental data via suitable choices of these constants. Various problems, including the Lamb shift, the running coupling constants in and , the model as well as Higgs mass in the standard model of particle physics, are discussed. Hence the calculation, though still approximate and limited in accuracy, can be performed in an unambiguous way with no explicit divergence, no counter term, no bare parameter and no arbitrarily running mass scale (like the in ).
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@article{arxiv.1007.3054,
title = {Puzzles of Divergence and Renormalization in Quantum Field Theory},
author = {Guang-jiong Ni and Jianjun Xu and Senyue Lou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.3054},
year = {2010}
}
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20 pages