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$φ^3$ theory: three-point, one-loop diagram ($D=4$)

Physics Asked by turbodiesel4598 on May 15, 2021

I am attempting to calculate the one-loop diagram for the $φ^3$ three-point function, which is equal to (dropping a factor of $-i$): $$g^3 int_E frac{1}{(2 pi )^4} frac{1}{(k+q)^2+m^2} frac{1}{(k-p)^2+m^2} frac{1}{k^2+m^2} ,d^4k.$$
After completing the square for the integrated momentum and using Feynman parameterisation, we eventually get: $$frac{g^3}{16 pi ^2} int _0^1int _0^1int _0^1frac{1}{x y q^2+left(1-z+z^2right) m^2}delta (1-x-y-z)dxdydz.$$
I’m having some trouble computing this final integral.

One Answer

First of all, how did you get the denominator? Are there some kinematic conditions on $p^2$ and $(p+q)^2$, which might be related to $q^2$ and $m^2$? Are you sure about the coefficient in front of $m^2$?

Nevertheless, I would show a way to proceed with your integral: begin{equation} I equiv int_0^1 dx int_0^1 dy int_0^1 dz frac{delta(1-x-y-z)}{x y q^2 + (1 - z + z^2) m^2}, end{equation} though I will not go into the detail that will be too cumbersome. After integrating over $z$ by using the delta function, and subsequently changing the variable $x to 1 - x$, you get begin{equation} I = int_0^1 dx int_0^x dy frac{1}{A x^2 + B y^2 + C xy + D x + E y + F} , end{equation} where begin{equation} A = B = F = m^2, qquad C = - (q^2+2m^2), qquad D = - m^2, qquad E = q^2 + m^2 . end{equation} This type of integrals appearing in one-loop calculations was thoroughly studied in the famous 1979 paper by 't Hooft and Veltman. The denominator is quadratic both in $x$ and $y$, which is rather tough to tackle, so the first step is applying a variable transformation in such a way that the denominator becomes linear in one of the variables. Then performing the integral with respect to the linear variable (with an adequate splitting of the integration domain and variable transformations) gives logarithms, whose arguments are now quadratic in the remaining variable. A quadratic argument can be factorised as a product of two linear terms, so the logarithms with quadratic arguments are split into logarithms with linear arguments. At the end of the day, integrating such logarithms (multiplied with some reciprocals) leads to dilogarithms (known as Spence's functions); indeed many terms with dilogarithms and logarithms in general.

Correct answer by tueda on May 15, 2021

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