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Past exam of the advanced quantum field theory for particle physics course of the University of Oxford 2017 1 f Solution by
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Lorentz-covariant tensor integration replaces by . The numerator consequently contributes . The supplied master integral with powers givesInserting the corrected parameter integral givesThe pole uses , and . ThusThere is no momentum-independent pole at in this transverse gauge after removing the photon tadpole. The two-point counterterm insertion is , so minimal subtraction requiresThese coefficients cancel the actual one-loop insertion derived from the action. Applying the misprinted weight in part e would give a wave-function pole four times too small. In a convention the same answer is . Finally, does not mean that the bare mass parameter is unchanged: gives . Photon, charge and quartic counterterms require their respective Green functions and cannot be determined from this scalar two-point function alone.
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