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Past exam of the quantum field theory course of the University of Oxford 2017 2 d Solution by
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Let denote the amputated Feynman vertex, with tree term . A one-loop one-particle-irreducible Feynman diagram has , allowing three families: two quartic vertices, two cubic vertices and one quartic vertex, or four cubic vertices. DefineUsing from part c and writing , the complete one-loop result isIn each term of the middle sum, are the two complementary indices. Their order does not change the integral after a loop-momentum redefinition.
The first line contains three bubble channels, one for each partition of the four labelled external legs into two pairs. Each has from interchanging its two identical internal lines. In the second line, the quartic vertex carries a chosen pair of external legs, giving mixed triangles. Each has . In the last line, cyclic orderings of four labelled external legs are identified under rotation and reversal, leaving boxes, again with each. The figure in part b shows one representative of each family and its multiplicity. External-leg corrections and tadpoles connected by bridges are excluded because is a one-particle-irreducible vertex. All integrals are left unevaluated, as appropriate here.
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