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Past exam of the particle physics course of the University of Oxford 2022 5 d Solution by
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Using c and omitting , the covariant derivative isThe two components are orthogonal, so their squared magnitudes add; . Thus the Higgs field kinetic contribution to the Lagrangian density isThe two terms are gauge boson mass terms. Comparing with gives and . The factor for the real Z boson field is essential.
The two terms are the cubic Higgs boson coupling to W bosons and Higgs boson coupling to Z bosons. They produce the three-leg and Feynman vertices, allowing Higgs decay to two W bosons, Higgs decay to two Z bosons when kinematically available, and the corresponding production mechanisms with virtual gauge bosons. The two terms are quartic and interactions, including vector-boson scattering into a Higgs boson pair. Written in terms of the masses,The corresponding Feynman vertex factors are for one and for two , for , after differentiating with respect to identical fields. These six contributions contain no photon mass or direct interaction because .
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