296 Appendix Field Theoretic RG
Substituting u in terms of u
R
in Eq.(B.0.12)
(4)
({k
i
},g,r,) =−g −
g
2
32π
2
F
(
k
1
+
k
2
)
2
r
0
+F
(
k
1
+
k
3
)
2
r
0
+F
(
k
2
+
k
3
)
2
r
0
+
3
16π
2
+O
k
2
r
(B.0.16)
Now if we take the limit of →∞, the result is finite. Z
u
is the coupling constant
renormalization. This makes the two point and four point correlation functions
finite in this limit. It now remains to be shown that this method will automatically
make the higher order correlation functions finite.
To do that, we consider the general interaction of the form φ
r
and a graph with E
external legs. The number of internal lines I is given by
I =
1
2
(r n −E) (B.0.17)
where n is the number of times the interaction acts. Of the rnlines it produces, E
are joined to the external legs. The remaining rn−Elines have to be paired which
gives rise to the Eq.(B.0.17). The degree of primitive divergence δ of a graph with
l loops and n interaction vertices is
δ =lD−2I (B.0.18)
where there is no divergence due to subintegrations. We now relate l to the number
of internal lines I . For each internal line there is an associated momentum, of which
not all are independent. At each of the n interaction vertices there is a momentum
conserving delta function. But one of the conservation laws corresponds to the
overall momentum conservation and thus only I −(n −1) are independent. So,
l =I −(n −1). (B.0.19)
Thus, the degree of divergence becomes,
δ =(
rD
2
−r −D)n +D +E −
DE
2
(B.0.20)
The above formula has a n-dependent part. For a given r, there is a choice of D for
which the coefficient of n vanishes. This is the critical dimension D
c
given by
D
c
=
2r
r −2
. (B.0.21)
Clearly, for D =D
c
, δ is independent of the number of loops. For D>D
c
, δ in-
creases with the number of loops and it would be impossible to absorb all the
divergences by introducing a finite number divergences. For D ≤D
c
, it is possi-
ble to absorb all the divergences in a finite number of renormalization constants