Divergences in scalar quantum field theory: the cause and the cure

DOI10.1142/S0217732312501179MaRDI QIDQ4907640zbMATHFDO

Authors J. R. Klauder

Publication date 21 February 2013

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0803

zbMATH Keywords

divergence-free scalar field quantization for all spacetime dimensions greater than or equal to twomeasure mashingnon-renormalizable scalar fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: Covariant scalar fields exhibit divergences when quantized in two or more spacetime dimensions: n geg 2. Does perturbation theory, effective theories, the renormalization group, etc., tell us all there is to know about these problems? An alternative approach identifies the cause of divergences as due to the effort to multiplicatively relate two measures that are mutually singular, while the cure for those divergences is to introduce an O(hbar) counterterm that converts mutually singular measures into equivalent measures. This procedure leads to a nontrivial, divergence-free formulation for all n geq 2. Finally, a critical comparison of the new methods with traditional procedures is given.

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