Callan-Symanzik equation

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In physics, the Callan-Symanzik equation is the renormalization relation that tells how the coupling constant changes with momentum in a quantum field theory.

It was discovered independently by Curtis Callan[1] and Kurt Symanzik[2][3] in 1970. Later it is used to understand asymptotic freedom.

It is a special case of a renormalization group equation.

[edit] References

  1. ^ C. G. Callan, Jr., Broken Scale Invariance in Scalar Field Theory, Phys. Rev. D 2, 1541-1547 (1970). APS
  2. ^ K. Symanzik, Small Distance Behaviour in Filed Theory and Power Counting, Commun. math. Phys. 18, 227 (1970). SpringerLink
  3. ^ K. Symanzik, Small-Distance-Behaviour Analysis and Wilson Expansions, Commun. math. Phys. 23, 49 (1971). SpringerLink

[edit] Literature

  • Jean Zinn-Justin, Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena , Oxford University Press 2003, ISBN 0198509235
  • John Clements Collins, Renormalization, Cambridge University 1986, ISBN 0521311772

[edit] See also

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