QFT — Michael Luke Lectures · Problem V.1

Interacting Fields — Michael Luke

Physics — QFT · wick-theorem-scattering-processes

Problem

Consider the term in the Wick expansion (−ig)22!∫d4x1∫d4x2:ψ†(x1)ψ(x1)ϕ(x1)ψ†(x2)‾ψ(x2)ϕ(x2):(V.67)\frac{(-ig)^2}{2!} \int d^4x_1 \int d^4x_2 :\psi^\dagger(x_1)\overline{\psi(x_1)\phi(x_1)\psi^\dagger(x_2)}\psi(x_2)\phi(x_2): \tag{V.67} Verify that this term can contribute to the following 2→22 \to 2 scattering processes: N+ϕ→N+ϕ,N‾+ϕ→N‾+ϕ,N+N‾→ϕ+ϕ,ϕ+ϕ→N+N‾.N + \phi \to N + \phi, \quad \overline{N} + \phi \to \overline{N} + \phi, \quad N + \overline{N} \to \phi + \phi, \quad \phi + \phi \to N + \overline{N}.

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