Wonderful Compactifications in Quantum Field Theory

@article{Berghoff2014WonderfulCI,
  title={Wonderful Compactifications in Quantum Field Theory},
  author={Marko Berghoff},
  journal={arXiv: Mathematical Physics},
  year={2014}
}
  • Marko Berghoff
  • Published 20 November 2014
  • Physics
  • arXiv: Mathematical Physics
This article reviews the use of DeConcini-Procesi wonderful models in renormalization of ultraviolet divergences in position space as introduced by Bergbauer, Brunetti and Kreimer. In contrast to the exposition there we employ a slightly different approach; instead of the subspaces in the arrangement of divergent loci, we use the poset of divergent subgraphs as the main tool to describe the whole renormalization process. This is based on an article by Feichtner, where wonderful models were… 
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