Calculating Divergent Amplitude in Phi-4 Theory

In summary, the conversation discusses an integral in scalar field theory and the calculation of a divergent amplitude. The integral contains terms such as $\lambda^2$ and is divergent in the $\ln{\Lambda^2}$ term. Renormalization will be used to tackle this divergence. The speaker requests help with the evaluation of the integral and mentions the availability of QFT textbooks for reference.
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Daniel_C
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Homework Statement
Calculate the divergent amplitude of this diagram in phi-4 theory.
Relevant Equations
Feynman rules in momentum space for phi-4 theory.
For the diagram
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In scalar field theory, I have obtained an integral which looks like

$$\int_{0}^{\Lambda} \frac{d^4 q}{(2\pi)^4} \frac{i}{q^2 - m^2 + i\varepsilon} \frac{i}{(p - q)^2 - m^2 + i\varepsilon}$$

I am required to calculate this and obtain the divergent amplitude

$$i\mathcal{M} = ia\lambda^2[\ln{\Lambda^2} - \ln{(p_1 + p_2)^2} ]$$

The terms like $\lambda^2$ come from outside the integral, they arise due to the vertices in the diagram. I'm only really interested in how to actually go through and do this integral.

The integral is divergent in the $\ln{\Lambda^2}$ term, but we are going to tackle renormalization soon.

I'd appreciate it if someone could provide working out for the integral so that I have an example for future integrals to come.
 
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Do you at least have a textbook or some more specific questions? The evaluation of this integral should be in any QFT textbook (and there are some nice ones available for free online), so I don't think it would be very useful for me to work everything out here on a forum post. But if you have a more specific question about the evaluation I'd be happy to help.
 

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