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Past exam of the quantum field theory course of the University of Oxford 2025 2 a Solution by
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Independent global phase symmetries would rotate and . The cubic interaction vertex preserves only modulo . The continuous internal symmetry of a classical field theory is therefore the circle groupNormalize the Noether charge so that . Then , and . The Noether current iswhere . For example, the Euler-Lagrange field equations givewhich cancel with the relative coefficient . The quartic interaction vertex separately preserves both original phase rotations.
There is also a discrete charge conjugation symmetry for these real couplings. Including it, the internal symmetry is , with charge conjugation reversing the Noether charge. The connected symmetry and its conserved current are the above.
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