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Past exam of the advanced quantum field theory course of the University of Oxford 2022 1 iii Solution by
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Set , so and . The physical polarization vectors obey . Write when they agree after contraction with these polarization vectors; terms proportional to or may then be discarded.
The gamma matrix trace identities kill the terms with an odd number of gamma matrices. The remaining three two-momentum terms and the term with three factors of areIn the coefficient the terms linear in cancel, leaving . Among the other terms, the surviving mixed products of and also cancel. ConsequentlyIn the second Feynman diagram, exchange the external labels and change the dummy loop momentum . Its projected numerator and denominator become identical to those of the first Feynman diagram. HenceWith the common factor extracted, the primitive integer coefficients areEquivalently, extracting only gives and prefactor . A common rescaling of all three coefficients changes the prefactor inversely. The physical scattering amplitude is ; the projected integrand is not an identity for an arbitrary uncontracted off-shell tensor.
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