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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 44 3 d Solution by
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After modified minimal subtraction, the surviving logarithm in the given fermion self-energy is . For a one-loop mass shift, set and let act as on an on-shell spinor inside that correction; changing these arguments by the mass shift contributes only at order . ThusThe needed integrals areFor the second, put and use and . ConsequentlyThe pole mass condition gives . Invert this relation and replace by inside the already one-loop term to obtainThe negative sign in the running-mass conversion follows from the explicitly chosen self-energy convention. Subtracting poles alone, instead of the overbarred combination, would leave additional terms.
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