An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory - M. Peskin, D. Schroeder (Perseus, 1995) · Problem 10.3

Systematics of Renormalization — M. Peskin, D. Schroeder (Perseus, 1995)

Physics — QFT · phi4-field-strength-renormalization

Problem

**10.3 Field-strength renormalization in ϕ4\phi^4 theory.** The two-loop contribution to the propagator in ϕ4\phi^4 theory involves the three diagrams shown in (10.31). Compute the first of these diagrams in the limit of zero mass for the scalar field, using dimensional regularization. Show that, near d=4d = 4, this diagram takes the form: (diagram)=−ip2⋅λ212(4π)4[−1ϵ+log⁡p2+⋯ ],\text{(diagram)} = -ip^2 \cdot \frac{\lambda^2}{12(4\pi)^4}\left[-\frac{1}{\epsilon} + \log p^2 + \cdots\right], with ϵ=4−d\epsilon = 4 - d. The coefficient in this equation involves a Feynman parameter integral that can be evaluated by setting d=4d = 4. Verify that the second diagram in (10.31) vanishes near d=4d = 4. Thus the first diagram should contain a pole only at ϵ=0\epsilon = 0, which can be canceled by a field-strength renormalization counterterm.

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