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QED mass counterterm coefficients and the bare mass (δmL​=Z2​m0​−m)

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With renormalized Dirac fields, the coefficient of −ψˉ​ψ in the counterterm Lagrangian is δmL​=Z2​m0​−m, whereas the bare-parameter shift is m0​−m=δmL​−mδZ2​ at first order. In Feynman gauge and d=4−ϵ, QED has δZ2​=−e2/(8π2ϵ) and δmL​=−4me2/(8π2ϵ). Their difference gives m0​−m=−3me2/(8π2ϵ). Defining the insertion and the mass coefficient before quoting its sign avoids confusing these two counterterms.

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