Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/iii/paper-301/3/iv/solution

In four spacetime dimensions with , a relativistic scattering cross-section has mass dimension , since it is an area. The action is dimensionless, so the Lagrangian density has dimension four. The scalar kinetic term then gives , and the cubic term gives .
Each term of the four-point tree amplitude in phi cubed theory has dimension . Hence . In the final integral,
while the numerical factors are dimensionless. Therefore
Including the identical-particle factor changes only a dimensionless constant and preserves this check.

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