Running mass ($m(t)=m(0)\exp ({\int }_0^t\delta (g(u))du)$)

A renormalized mass changes with the reference scale according to its mass anomalous dimension $\delta (g)$. In a dimensionless correlator at increasing physical energy, its effective argument includes the canonical factor $e^{-t}$. This distinguishes the running mass itself from its ratio to the growing energy scale.

The effective dimensionless mass is $e^{-t}m(t)/\mu$. It vanishes precisely when this integrated exponent tends to minus infinity, for positive initial mass. An eventual bound $\delta \le 1-\eta$ is sufficient. Replacing the massive correlator by its massless limit additionally requires regularity uniform along the coupling trajectory.