Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 304 2 a Solution 2026-09-28
At one loop, the four-point one-particle-irreducible correlation function receives the three bubble diagrams in the , , and channels. If is the momentum through one channel, its contribution isUsing a Feynman parameter, shifting the loop momentum, and writing gives, up to terms caused by shifting the boundary of a hard cutoff,Thus every channel has the logarithmic ultraviolet divergenceThe complete one-loop vertex isLet denote the bracket evaluated at the chosen on-shell kinematic point. The on-shell renormalization scheme requires , hence the perturbative solution isThe cutoff dependence of is the coupling counterterm needed to hold the measured coupling fixed.