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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 304 2 a i Solution by
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The leading contributions to and come from the one-loop electron self-energy: one internal electron line and one internal photon line join two electron-photon vertices. Its coefficients of and determine the field-strength and mass counterterms. The leading contribution to comes from the one-loop electron-photon vertex correction, with two internal electron propagators and one internal photon propagator, together with the corresponding local counterterm vertices. The Ward identity gives in a gauge-invariant scheme.
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