A Critical History of Renormalization
Kerson Huang
TL;DR
This paper critically reviews the historical development of renormalization in physics, from early theories to modern formulations and applications in cosmology, highlighting key milestones and conceptual shifts.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive and critical historical analysis of renormalization, connecting foundational theories to contemporary research and applications.
Findings
Trace of renormalization from Lorentz to Wilson and Polchinski
Discussion of renormalization's role in dark energy and cosmology
Critical insights into the conceptual evolution of renormalization
Abstract
The history of renormalization is reviewed with a critical eye, starting with Lorentz's theory of radiation damping, through perturbative QED with Dyson, Gell-Mann & Low, and others, to Wilson's formulation and Polchinski's functional equation, and applications to "triviality", and dark energy in cosmology.
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Taxonomy
TopicsCosmology and Gravitation Theories · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena