Renormalization-group-invariant partial sum of Feynman diagrams and its application to phase transitions

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 2587-2590
Author(s):  
Seok-In Hong
Author(s):  
Y. Meurice ◽  
R. Perry ◽  
S.-W. Tsai

The renormalization group (RG) method developed by Ken Wilson more than four decades ago has revolutionized the way we think about problems involving a broad range of energy scales such as phase transitions, turbulence, continuum limits and bifurcations in dynamical systems. The Theme Issue provides articles reviewing recent progress made using the RG method in atomic, condensed matter, nuclear and particle physics. In the following, we introduce these articles in a way that emphasizes common themes and the universal aspects of the method.


1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (27) ◽  
pp. 1725-1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. DE CESARE ◽  
I. RABUFFO ◽  
D.I. UZUNOV

The phase transitions described by coupled spin -1/2 Ising models are investigated with the help of the mean field and the renormalization group theories. Results for the type of possible phase transitions and their fluctuation properties are presented. A fluctuation-induced second-order phase transition is predicted.


2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (06) ◽  
pp. 1336-1345 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERARD 'T HOOFT

Most renormalizable quantum field theories can be rephrased in terms of Feynman diagrams that only contain dressed irreducible 2-, 3-, and 4-point vertices. These irreducible vertices in turn can be solved from equations that also only contain dressed irreducible vertices. The diagrams and equations that one ends up with do not contain any ultraviolet divergences. The original bare Lagrangian of the theory only enters in terms of freely adjustable integration constants. It is explained how the procedure proposed here is related to the renormalization group equations. The procedure requires the identification of unambiguous "paths" in a Feynman diagrams, and it is shown how to define such paths in most of the quantum field theories that are in use today. We do not claim to have a more convenient calculational scheme here, but rather a scheme that allows for a better conceptual understanding of ultraviolet infinities.


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