PHY424/Assignment 04

Date: October 23, 2017

Due: October 31, 2017 (in class)

Problem 1. Show that the three momentum integral

d3 p 1
Z

(2)3 2Ep

is Lorentz-invariant.

Problem 2. Using the fourier expansion

d3 p
Z
1 X
s s ipx s s ipx


(x) = p a p u (p)e + b p v (p)e
(2)3 2Ep s=1,2

show that the charge associated with conserved current is

d3 p X s s
Z Z
3 0
ap ap bs s


Q = d x (x) (x) = 3 p bp
(2) s=1,2

Problem 3. Find out the transformation properties of tensor bilinear operator (x) (x) un-
der charge conjugation and time reversal.

Problem 4. The Lagrangian of a massless vector field is given by

1
L = F F A j
4
Show that L does not change under the transformation A A0 = A + if the current j is
conserved. Here (x) is spacetime dependent differentiable function.

Problem 5. The Lagrangian of a massive vector field is given by

1 1
L = F F + M 2 A A A j
4 2
Show that the propagator in this case is obtained as
i  p p 
G (p) = 2 g +
p M2 M2