How to renormalize integral equations with singular potentials in effective field theory

Abstract

We briefly review general concepts of renormalization in quantum field theory and discuss their application to solutions of integral equations with singular potentials in the few-nucleon sector of the low-energy effective field theory of QCD. We also describe a particular subtractive renormalization scheme and consider a specific application to a toy-model with a singular potential serving as its effective field theoretical leading-order approximation.

Comments: 9 pages, 2 figures, extends the discussion, matches published version in EPJA