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Past exam of the theoretical physics major option course of the University of Oxford 2022 4 f Solution by
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Introduce the electromagnetic electromagnetic field tensor and the charged vector field strength , with . Minimal coupling givesUnder and ,Consequently the required relation isThen , its complex conjugate transforms oppositely, the mass bilinear is invariant, and . Each term in the total Lagrangian density is therefore invariant under the electromagnetic U(1) gauge symmetry. This phase gauge symmetry does not reinstate the broken gradient-shift gauge symmetry of the massive field itself.
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