The Wetterich eqn. is a non-linear functional integro-differential equation of one-loop structure that determines the scale-dependence of the flowing action $\Gamma_k$ in terms of fluctuations of the fully-dressed regularized propagator $[\Gamma_k^{(2)} + R_k]^{-1}$. It admits a simple diagrammatic representation as a one-loop equation as shown in this diagram.
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% The Wetterich eqn. is a non-linear functional integro-differential equation of one-loop structure that determines the scale-dependence of the flowing action $\Gamma_k$ in terms of fluctuations of the fully-dressed regularized propagator $[\Gamma_k^{(2)} + R_k]^{-1}$. It admits a simple diagrammatic representation as a one-loop equation as shown in this diagram. \documentclass[tikz,border={0 3}]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{patterns,decorations.markings} \def\lrad{1} \def\mrad{0.175*\lrad} \def\srad{0.15*\lrad} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[ pin edge={shorten <=5*\lrad}, cross/.style={fill=white,path picture={\draw[black] (path picture bounding box.south east) -- (path picture bounding box.north west) (path picture bounding box.south west) -- (path picture bounding box.north east);}}, dressed/.style={fill=white,postaction={pattern=north east lines}}, momentum/.style 2 args={->,semithick,yshift=5pt,shorten >=5pt,shorten <=5pt}, loop/.style 2 args={thick,decoration={markings,mark=at position {#1} with {\arrow{>},\node[anchor=\pgfdecoratedangle-90,font=\footnotesize,] {$p_{#2}$};}},postaction={decorate}} ] \draw[loop/.list={{0.25}{1},{0.75}{2}}] (0,0) circle (\lrad); \draw[cross] (-\lrad,0) circle (\srad) node[left=2pt] {$\partial_k R_{k,ij}(p_1,p_2)$}; \draw[dressed] (\lrad,0) circle (\mrad) node[right=2pt] {$\bigl[\Gamma_k^{(2)} + R_k\bigr]_{ji}^{-1}(p_2,p_1)$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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