Renormalization of noncommutative quantum field theory

An Invitation to Noncommutative Geometry

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 129-168

  Grosse, Harald ^a,b   Wulkenhaar, Raimar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Noncommutative geometry; Quantum field theory; Renormalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969706186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812814333_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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