Source renormalization of a scalar generating functional
ID: source-renormalization-of-a-scalar-generating-functional
For , write the bare field as and the renormalized source coupling as . In bare variables this is , with the displayed source. At fixed bare parameters, the source running is . Normalizing the generating functional by its zero-source value cancels source-independent vacuum diagrams and the constant measure factor from field rescaling. It does not remove source-dependent ultraviolet divergences or infrared divergences; the former require the ordinary field, mass and interaction counterterms.
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