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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ii Paper 1 37D e Solution by
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For the static point source, take and . The scalar equation becomesIts spatial Fourier transform satisfiesThe stated inverse transform therefore giveswhere absorbs the transform normalization and source strength. This is the Yukawa potential: a nonzero vector-field mass screens the interaction beyond the range . As , it tends to the long-range Coulomb potential . The same limit removes the mass term that broke gauge invariance in part (b).
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