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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 304 2 b Solution by
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After integration by parts, the quadratic ghost operator is . Matching its propagator to the scalar propagator after requiresDifferentiating with respect to its two identical scalar fields gives the ghost-scalar vertex . Matching it to the four-scalar vertex therefore requiresThe additional rules are an oriented ghost propagator , a two-scalar two-ghost vertex , and a minus sign for every closed loop of Grassmann-valued fields.
Besides the scalar bubbles from part a, each channel now has a closed heavy-ghost bubble. Its two directed internal lines cannot be interchanged, so it has no scalar bubble's factor . ConsequentlyIf denotes the corresponding sum of heavy integrals, on-shell matching givesThe root continuously connected to is the perturbative, small positive root.
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