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Ultraviolet pole of QED vacuum polarization (ΠUV​=−e2/(12π2ϵ))

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For one unit-charge Dirac field in d=4−2ϵ, define the insertion as iΠμν​=i(q2gμν​−qμ​qν​)Π. The one-loop ultraviolet pole is ΠUV​=−e2/(12π2ϵ). The Ward identity cancels any apparent divergent vector mass term. With photon counterterm insertion −i(q2gμν​−qμ​qν​)δ3​, this gives δ3​=−e2/(12π2ϵ) in the minimal subtraction scheme.

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