The classical Lagrangian density for the free complex scalar field is given by: $mathcal{L} = (partial_{mu}phi^*)(partial^{mu}phi) - m^2phi^*phi$ 1. Show that: a) it is invariant under the discrete transformation: $phi(x) o phi_c(x) = eta phi^dagger(x)$, $eta = pm 1$ $phi_c$ is the charge conjugated field. b) $(phi_c)_c = phi$. c) $hat{a}_c(vec{p}) = eta hat{b}(vec{p})$, $hat{b}_c(vec{p}) = eta hat{a}(vec{p})$. Where $phi_c(x) = int frac{d^3p}{(2pi)^3 2E_p}left(e^{-ipcdot x}hat{a}_c(vec{p}) + e^{ipcdot x}hat{b}^dagger(vec{p}) ight)$. d) $U_c = expleft(ipi int frac{d^3p}{2E_p}left[hat{a}^dagger(vec{p})hat{b}(vec{p}) + hat{b}^dagger(vec{p})hat{a}(vec{p}) - etaig(hat{a}^dagger(vec{p})hat{a}(vec{p}) + hat{b}^dagger(vec{p})hat{b}(vec{p})ig) ight] ight)$. Where $U_c$ is a unitary operator such that: $hat{a}_c(vec{p}) = U_c,hat{a}(vec{p}),U_c^dagger$, $hat{b}_c(vec{p}) = U_c,hat{b}(vec{p}),U_c^dagger$ and therefore $phi_c(x) = U_c,phi(x),U_c^dagger$. Hint: use the Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula: $e^{-hat{A}},hat{B},e^{hat{A}} = hat{B} + [hat{B},hat{A}] + frac{1}{2!}[[hat{B},hat{A}],hat{A}] + frac{1}{3!}[[[hat{B},hat{A}],hat{A}],hat{A}] + dots$ e) $U_c,hat{Q},U_c^dagger = -hat{Q}$
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