The Renormalisation Group Equation As An Equation For Lie Transport Of Amplitudes
Abstract
It is shown that the renormalisation group (RG) equation can be viewed as an equation for Lie transport of physical amplitudes along the integral curves generated by the β-functions of a quantum field theory. The anomalous dimensions arise from Lie transport of basis vectors on the space of couplings. The RG equation can be interpreted as relating a particular diffeomorphism of flat space-(time), that of dilations, to a diffeomorphism on the space of couplings generated by the vector field associated with the β-functions.
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