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Past exam of the quantum field theory course of the University of Oxford 2018 2 a Solution by
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Use mass dimensions with , and dimensionless action. The Lagrangian density in Euclidean space has dimension , and the kinetic term fixes . ThusA dimensionless coupling constant is thereforeHere is a positive regularization scale with mass dimension one. The interaction is marginal at its upper critical dimension , relevant below it and irrelevant above it by this engineering-dimension test. In particular, , while near . At this stage is the dimensionless version of the displayed bare coupling; after introducing counterterms one may use the same scale factor for the renormalized coupling.
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