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Past exam of the quantum field theory course of the University of Oxford 2023 2 c i Solution by
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Label the incoming four-momenta and the outgoing ones . Define the Mandelstam variables , , . Two incoming particles have conserved charge , so the only tree-level Feynman diagram is an -channel exchange, shown in panel (b) of b's figure. Each end converts two charge-one lines into one charge-two line. There are no - or -channel exchanges: an incoming and an outgoing particle at such an end would transfer zero charge, for which this theory has no cubic interaction vertex.The single Feynman diagram is already symmetric under exchanging the two outgoing particles. This does not add another copy of the scattering amplitude; the identical final-state symmetry factor enters the integrated scattering cross-section instead.
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