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Continuing the discussion in [1], the renormalization of the fine-structure constant α in the high-energy range, where a logarithmic increase in the constant is observed, is considered. It is shown that within the framework of the quantum electrodynamics of bilocal fields, when the energy increases the logarithmic "form" lnκ2 of the constant α changes into a power drop 1/κ2. Hence, problems with the "Moscow zero" do not arise in this theory.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 1, pp. 3–12, January, 1996.
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Sannikov, S.S. Renormalization of the fine structure constant at high energies. Russ Phys J 39, 1–8 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02069232
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02069232