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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 304 4 b Solution by
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Up to Euclidean sign conventions, the parity-even renormalizable Lagrangian isThe Yang-Mills term is invariant because transforms by conjugation and the matrix trace is cyclic. Covariance of makes invariant, and the fermion mass is invariant because the factors cancel. Likewise transforms by conjugation, so its trace norm, , and every power of that norm are invariant. Finally,which proves gauge invariance of the Yukawa interaction.
Gauge invariance and power counting also permit the parity-odd Yukawa interaction , a pseudoscalar fermion mass , and the Yang-Mills theta term. They are absent if parity and CP are imposed. There is no nonzero cubic scalar invariant: vanishes for , equivalently for commuting scalar components.
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