What good are quantum field theory infinities?
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
A lesson for the new millennium from quantum field theory: Not all field-theoretic infinities are bad. Some give rise to finite, symmetry-breaking effects, whose consequences are observed in Nature.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9911071,
title = {What good are quantum field theory infinities?},
author = {R. Jackiw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9911071},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
13 pages, 1 figure using BoxedEPSF, amsmath macros; contribution to Mathematical Physics 2000, Imperial College Press, London, UK; email to jackiw@ralph2.mit.edu