Closed fermion loop sign

ID: closed-fermion-loop-sign

A closed fermion loop carries an additional minus sign from the odd Grassmann parity of the fields in the Wick theorem contraction expansion. Equivalently, integrating out Grassmann fields gives a determinant, whose logarithmic interaction expansion has the fermionic sign relative to a bosonic inverse determinant. This sign must be included in addition to propagator and vertex phases.

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