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Past exam of the theoretical physics major option course of the University of Oxford 2015 3 e Solution by
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Specify the Fourier transform before performing the Gaussian integral:At the functional is diagonal in both component and momentum, with inverse kernels , , and . The condition makes all three positive. The covariance of a Gaussian distribution with statistical weight is times the inverse kernel, henceIf is already the dimensionless free energy divided by , the numerators are one instead. Translational invariance forces opposite momenta to pair. There is no complex conjugate on the second field, so the delta function is at , not at . A correlation with would have the latter convention. Rotational symmetry in real space leaves dependence on alone once the momentum-conservation delta function is factored out. The correlation lengths are and ; the second component becomes soft as . The skipped letter in the source is preserved: this solution is part (e), with no inferred part (d).
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