Reflections on the renormalization procedure for gauge theories

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.04.009MaRDI QIDQ341829zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gerard 't Hooft

Publication date 17 November 2016

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06257

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

Abstract: Various pieces of insight were needed to formulate the rules for working with gauge theories of the electro-magnetic, weak and strong forces. First, it was needed to understand how to formulate the Feynman rules. We had to learn that there are many different ways to derive them, and it was needed to know how different formulations of the gauge constraint lead to the same final results: the calculated values of the scattering amplitudes. The rules for dealing with the infinities that had to be subtracted were a big challenge, culminating in the discovery of the Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin symmetry. Fond recollections of the numerous discussions the author had with Raymond Stora on this topic are memorised here. We end with some reflections on the mathematical status of quantum field theories, and a letter sent by Stora to the author

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