Dimensional renormalization is defined in such a way that the renormalized action principle holds. It is shown that this leads to a minimal, additive renormalization. The derivation of Ward-Takahashi indentities and Callan-Symanzik equations from the action principle is exemplified.
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D. Maison
Present address: II. Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-2000, Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, D-8000, München 40, Federal Republic of Germany
P. Breitenlohner & D. Maison
Communicated by K. Symanzik
About this article Cite this articleBreitenlohner, P., Maison, D. Dimensional renormalization and the action principle. Commun.Math. Phys. 52, 11–38 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609069
Received: 04 July 1975
Revised: 07 April 1976
Issue Date: February 1977
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609069
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