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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge

2022

Paper 344

The terms involving $\mathbf p$ can be written by <completing the square>:
$$
\frac\nu2|\mathbf p|^2+\lambda\mathbf p\mathbin\cdot\nabla\phi
=\frac\nu2\left|\mathbf p+\frac\lambda\nu\nabla\phi\right|^2
-\frac{\lambda^2}{2\nu}|\nabla\phi|^2.
$$
Translation of the integration variable in the <Gaussian functional integral> over $\mathbf p$ contributes only a $\phi$-independent determinant. The effective free energy is therefore
$$
F[\phi]=\int\left[
\frac a2\phi^2+\frac b4\phi^4
+\frac{\widetilde\kappa}{2}|\nabla\phi|^2
+\frac\gamma2(\nabla^2\phi)^2
\right]d\mathbf r,
$$
where
$$
\boxed{\widetilde\kappa=\kappa-\frac{\lambda^2}{\nu}.}
$$
This is the <surfactant renormalization of the square-gradient coefficient>.

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