2005/03/08 by Eugene V. Stefanovich, Stefanovich, Eugene V.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0503076
30 pages, 5 figures; improved discussions, fixed typos, added acknowledgements, updated references
arxiv created 2005/04/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We illustrate the mass and charge renormalization procedures in quantum field theory using, as an example, a simple model of interacting electrons and photons. It is shown how addition of infinite renormalization counterterms to the Hamiltonian helps to obtain finite and accurate results for the S-matrix. In order to remove the ultraviolet divergences from the Hamiltonian, we apply the Greenberg-Schweber ``dressing transformation'' and the Glazek-Wilson ``similarity renormalization''. The resulting ``dressed particle'' Hamiltonian is finite in all orders of the perturbation theory and yields accurate S-matrix and bound state energies. The bare and virtual particles are removed from the theory, and physical dressed particles interact via direct action-at-a-distance.