One-loop ghost kinetic counterterm in Feynman gauge
ID: one-loop-ghost-kinetic-counterterm-in-feynman-gauge
For canonically normalized fields with action , use signature and incoming Fourier modes . The ghost-gluon vertex is and the ghost propagator is . The open ghost-line one-particle-irreducible two-point vertex at one loop is , whereA counterterm inserts and cancels this pole. Equivalently, writing gives . There is no closed ghost-loop sign for this open-line graph. The Feynman i-epsilon prescription, Fourier convention and antighost sign must be kept consistent throughout.
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