Connection between the renormalization groups of Stückelberg-Petermann and Wilson

DOI10.1142/S1793744212400014zbMATH Open1241.81129arXiv1012.5604OpenAlexW2162260540MaRDI QIDQ424650FDOQ424650

Authors: Michael Dütsch 

Publication date: 4 June 2012

Published in: Confluentes Mathematici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Stueckelberg-Petermann renormalization group is the group of finite renormalizations of the S-matrix in the framework of causal perturbation theory. The renormalization group in the sense of Wilson relies usually on a functional integral formalism, it describes the dependence of the theory on a UV-cutoff $Lambda$; a widespread procedure is to construct the theory by solving Polchinski's flow equation for the effective potential. To clarify the connection between these different approaches we proceed as follows: in the framework of causal perturbation theory we introduce an UV-cutoff $Lambda$, define an effective potential $V_{L}ambda$, prove a pertinent flow equation and compare with the corresponding terms in the functional integral formalism. The flow of $V_{L}ambda$ is a version of Wilson's renormalization group. The restriction of these operators to local interactions can be approximated by a subfamily of the Stueckelberg-Petermann renormalization group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5604

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zbMATH Keywords

causal perturbation theoryWilson's renormalization groupStückelberg-Petermann renormalization group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

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