Optimization of the exact renormalization group

May, 2000
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 486 (2000) 92-99
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Report number:
  • HD-THEP-00-28

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Abstract:
A simple criterion to optimise coarse-grainings for exact renormalisation group equations is given. It is aimed at improving the convergence of approximate solutions of flow equations. The optimisation criterion is generic, as it refers only to the coarse-grained propagator at vanishing field. In physical terms, it is understood as an optimisation condition for amplitude expansions. Alternatively, it can be interpreted as the requirement to move poles of threshold functions away from the physical region. The link to expansions in field amplitudes is discussed as well. Optimal parameters are given explicitly for a variety of different coarse-grainings. As a by-product it is found that the sharp cut-off regulator does not belong to the class of such optimal coarse-grainings, which explains the poor convergence of amplitude expansions based on it.
  • renormalization group: transformation
  • propagator
  • analytic properties
  • regularization: dependence
  • numerical calculations