I Mass Dimension of Fields (Momentum space)

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Hi all,
We know from requiring the action be invariant that the mass-dimension of a scalar field ##\phi## is ##\frac{d-2}{2}## where ##d## is the space-time dimension. But what is the mass-dimension of ##\phi(p)##? I ask because free-theory 2-pt correlation function (in Euclidean space) is written as ##\langle\phi(p)\phi(q)\rangle = (2\pi)^{d}\delta^{d}(p+q)\frac{1}{p^{2}+m^{2}}##. The dirac delta seems to contribute a mass dimension ##-d## and then the fractional component contributes another mass-dimension of ##-2##? I'm not sure if this makes sense.

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Indeed, and therefore …

Another way of deriving it is to look at the action expressed in the momentum variables or just the definition of ##\phi(p)## in terms of ##\phi(x)##.
 
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Indeed, and therefore …

Another way of deriving it is to look at the action expressed in the momentum variables or just the definition of ##\phi(p)## in terms of ##\phi(x)##.
Ah, so the mass dimension is ##\frac{-d-2}{2}##. The fourier transform is indeed significantly simpler to see this.
 
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