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Scale-Dependent Functions, Stochastic Quantization and Renormalization

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-12-19 v1

Abstract

We consider a possibility to unify the methods of regularization, such as the renormalization group method, stochastic quantization etc., by the extension of the standard field theory of the square-integrable functions ϕ(b)L2(Rd)\phi(b)\in L^2({\mathbb R}^d) to the theory of functions that depend on coordinate bb and resolution aa. In the simplest case such field theory turns out to be a theory of fields ϕa(b,)\phi_a(b,\cdot) defined on the affine group G:x=ax+bG:x'=ax+b, a>0,x,bRda>0,x,b\in {\mathbb R}^d, which consists of dilations and translation of Euclidean space. The fields ϕa(b,)\phi_a(b,\cdot) are constructed using the continuous wavelet transform. The parameters of the theory can explicitly depend on the resolution aa. The proper choice of the scale dependence g=g(a)g=g(a) makes such theory free of divergences by construction.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0604170,
  title  = {Scale-Dependent Functions, Stochastic Quantization and Renormalization},
  author = {Mikhail V. Altaisky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0604170},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/