Scale invariance in the causal approach to renormalization theory

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 473-496

  Grigore, Dan R ^a  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

Causality; Renormalization; Scale invariance

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

CALLAN-SYMANZIK EQUATION; RENORMALIZATION THEORY; SCALAR FIELD THEORY; YANG-MILLS MODEL;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034974422     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3889(200106)10:6/7<473::AID-ANDP473>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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