/** @file color.h * * Interface to GiNaC's color (SU(3) Lie algebra) objects. */ /* * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #ifndef GINAC_COLOR_H #define GINAC_COLOR_H #include "indexed.h" #include "tensor.h" #include namespace GiNaC { /** This class holds a generator T_a or the unity element of the Lie algebra * of SU(3), as used for calculations in quantum chromodynamics. A * representation label (an unsigned 8-bit integer) is used to distinguish * elements from different Lie algebras (objects with different labels * commutate). These objects implement an abstract representation of the * group, not a specific matrix representation. The indices used for color * objects should not have a variance. */ class color : public indexed { GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(color, indexed) // other constructors public: color(const ex & b, unsigned char rl = 0); color(const ex & b, const ex & i1, unsigned char rl = 0); // internal constructors color(unsigned char rl, const exvector & v, bool discardable = false); color(unsigned char rl, std::auto_ptr vp); void archive(archive_node& n) const; void read_archive(const archive_node& n, lst& sym_lst); // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes protected: ex eval_ncmul(const exvector & v) const; bool match_same_type(const basic & other) const; ex thiscontainer(const exvector & v) const; ex thiscontainer(std::auto_ptr vp) const; unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::noncommutative; } return_type_t return_type_tinfo() const; // non-virtual functions in this class public: unsigned char get_representation_label() const {return representation_label;} // member variables private: unsigned char representation_label; /**< Representation label to distinguish independent color matrices coming from separated fermion lines */ }; GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(color); /** This class represents the su(3) unity element. */ class su3one : public tensor { GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(su3one, tensor) // non-virtual functions in this class protected: void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const; void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const; }; GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(su3one); /** This class represents an su(3) generator. */ class su3t : public tensor { GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(su3t, tensor) // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes public: bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const; // non-virtual functions in this class protected: void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const; void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const; }; GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(su3t); /** This class represents the tensor of antisymmetric su(3) structure * constants. */ class su3f : public tensor { GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(su3f, tensor) // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes public: ex eval_indexed(const basic & i) const; bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const; // non-virtual functions in this class protected: unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::commutative; } void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const; void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const; }; GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(su3f); /** This class represents the tensor of symmetric su(3) structure constants. */ class su3d : public tensor { GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(su3d, tensor) // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes public: ex eval_indexed(const basic & i) const; bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const; // non-virtual functions in this class protected: unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::commutative; } void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const; void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const; }; GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(su3d); // global functions /** Create the su(3) unity element. This is an indexed object, although it * has no indices. * * @param rl Representation label * @return newly constructed unity element */ ex color_ONE(unsigned char rl = 0); /** Create an su(3) generator. * * @param a Index * @param rl Representation label * @return newly constructed unity generator */ ex color_T(const ex & a, unsigned char rl = 0); /** Create an su(3) antisymmetric structure constant. * * @param a First index * @param b Second index * @param c Third index * @return newly constructed structure constant */ ex color_f(const ex & a, const ex & b, const ex & c); /** Create an su(3) symmetric structure constant. * * @param a First index * @param b Second index * @param c Third index * @return newly constructed structure constant */ ex color_d(const ex & a, const ex & b, const ex & c); /** This returns the linear combination d.a.b.c+I*f.a.b.c. */ ex color_h(const ex & a, const ex & b, const ex & c); /** Calculate color traces over the specified set of representation labels. * * @param e Expression to take the trace of * @param rls Set of representation labels */ ex color_trace(const ex & e, const std::set & rls); /** Calculate color traces over the specified list of representation labels. * * @param e Expression to take the trace of * @param rll List of representation labels */ ex color_trace(const ex & e, const lst & rll); /** Calculate the trace of an expression containing color objects with a * specified representation label. * * @param e Expression to take the trace of * @param rl Representation label */ ex color_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0); } // namespace GiNaC #endif // ndef GINAC_COLOR_H