Non-Perturbative Mass and Charge Renormalization in Relativistic No-Photon Quantum Electrodynamics

Abstract

Starting from a formal Hamiltonian as found in the physics literature -- omitting photons -- we define a renormalized Hamiltonian through charge and mass renormalization. We show that the restriction to the one-electron subspace is well-defined. Our construction is non-perturbative and does not use a cut-off. The Hamiltonian is relevant for the description of the Lamb shift in muonic atoms.

Reformulation of main theorem, minor changes in the proof

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