Dimensional Regularization as Mass Generating Mechanism
Ervin Goldfain · 2023
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (QFT) develops divergences caused by perturbative corrections to Feynman diagrams. Dimensional Regularization (DR) is a technique that isolates divergences using analytic continuation to _non-integer dimensions_. In this introductory tutorial we argue that DR provides an alternative mechanism for mass generation in particle physics. This mechanism reconciles the Higgs model of electroweak symmetry breaking with the minimal fractal topology of spacetime above the Fermi scale. Mass predictions agree reasonably well with experimental data.