Renormalization in Minkowski space-time

Abstract

The multiplicative and the functional renormalization group methods are applied for the four dimensional scalar theory in Minkowski space-time. It is argued that the appropriate choice of the subtraction point is more important in Minkowski than in Euclidean space-time. The parameters of the cutoff theory, defined by a subtraction point in the quasi-particle domain, are complex due to the mass-shell contributions and the renormalization group flow becomes much more involved than its Euclidean counterpart.