I recently learned there is a trick called t' Hooft transformation that allows us to define a new coupling constant gR from the usual one g in such a way that the beta function for gR is two-loop exact. In other words, the beta function has no terms higher than g2R.
I'm confused about how this comes about and what it implies.
We start with
β(g)=∑angn.
βR(gR)=a1gR+a2g2R.
How does this work, i.e. why aren't there terms ∝g3R,g4R,… in βR(gR)?
I found the following statements, but wasn't really able to understand what is going on:
"The nullification of higher order coefficients of the β-function is achieved by finite renormalizations of charge." (Source)
"t Hooft' has suggested that one can exploit this freedom in the choice of g even further and choose a new coupling parameter gR such that the corresponding βR(gR)=a1gR+a2g2R (for the above case) and thus contains only two terms in its expansion in gR."(Source)
"The 't Hooft transformation is based on the observation that the first two terms in the perturbation series for β are scheme independent. These terms are therefore invariant under a certain class of transformations on the renormalized coupling parameter g, a class that includes the 't Hooft transformation in which P is exactly reduced to these two terms." (Source)
PS: In addition, to my confusion how this really works, I am confused about what it implies, e.g. for the radius of convergence of the perturbation series. See this question.
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