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- dirac_trace() takes an optional third argument: the expression to use for
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index d346c44ad3fd4548226c7f147908dd5fa3b11016..5c7f7c3b1623e2941131680ed8aa8463f9de2532 100644 (file)
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "ex.h"
 #include "idx.h"
 #include "ncmul.h"
+#include "symbol.h"
+#include "numeric.h" // for I
 #include "print.h"
 #include "archive.h"
 #include "debugmsg.h"
@@ -138,9 +140,9 @@ DEFAULT_COMPARE(diracone)
 DEFAULT_COMPARE(diracgamma)
 DEFAULT_COMPARE(diracgamma5)
 
-DEFAULT_PRINT(diracone, "ONE")
-DEFAULT_PRINT(diracgamma, "gamma")
-DEFAULT_PRINT(diracgamma5, "gamma5")
+DEFAULT_PRINT_LATEX(diracone, "ONE", "\\mathbb{1}")
+DEFAULT_PRINT_LATEX(diracgamma, "gamma", "\\gamma")
+DEFAULT_PRINT_LATEX(diracgamma5, "gamma5", "{\\gamma^5}")
 
 /** Contraction of a gamma matrix with something else. */
 bool diracgamma::contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const
@@ -150,42 +152,53 @@ bool diracgamma::contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other
        GINAC_ASSERT(is_ex_of_type(self->op(0), diracgamma));
        unsigned char rl = ex_to_clifford(*self).get_representation_label();
 
-       if (is_ex_of_type(other->op(0), diracgamma)) {
+       if (is_ex_of_type(*other, clifford)) {
 
                ex dim = ex_to_idx(self->op(1)).get_dim();
 
-               // gamma~mu*gamma.mu = dim*ONE
+               // gamma~mu gamma.mu = dim ONE
                if (other - self == 1) {
                        *self = dim;
                        *other = dirac_ONE(rl);
                        return true;
 
-               // gamma~mu*gamma~alpha*gamma.mu = (2-dim)*gamma~alpha
+               // gamma~mu gamma~alpha gamma.mu = (2-dim) gamma~alpha
                } else if (other - self == 2
                        && is_ex_of_type(self[1], clifford)) {
                        *self = 2 - dim;
                        *other = _ex1();
                        return true;
 
-               // gamma~mu*gamma~alpha*gamma~beta*gamma.mu = 4*g~alpha~beta+(dim-4)*gamam~alpha*gamma~beta
+               // gamma~mu gamma~alpha gamma~beta gamma.mu = 4 g~alpha~beta + (dim-4) gamam~alpha gamma~beta
                } else if (other - self == 3
                        && is_ex_of_type(self[1], clifford)
                        && is_ex_of_type(self[2], clifford)) {
-                       *self = 4 * metric_tensor(self[1].op(1), self[2].op(1)) * dirac_ONE(rl) + (dim - 4) * self[1] * self[2];
+                       *self = 4 * lorentz_g(self[1].op(1), self[2].op(1)) * dirac_ONE(rl) + (dim - 4) * self[1] * self[2];
                        self[1] = _ex1();
                        self[2] = _ex1();
                        *other = _ex1();
                        return true;
 
-               // gamma~mu*gamma~alpha*gamma~beta*gamma~delta*gamma.mu = -2*gamma~delta*gamma~beta*gamma~alpha+(4-dim)*gamma~alpha*gamma~beta*gamma~delta
-               } else if (other - self == 4
-                       && is_ex_of_type(self[1], clifford)
-                       && is_ex_of_type(self[2], clifford)
-                       && is_ex_of_type(self[3], clifford)) {
-                       *self = -2 * self[3] * self[2] * self[1] + (4 - dim) * self[1] * self[2] * self[3];
-                       self[1] = _ex1();
-                       self[2] = _ex1();
-                       self[3] = _ex1();
+               // gamma~mu S gamma~alpha gamma.mu = 2 gamma~alpha S - gamma~mu S gamma.mu gamma~alpha
+               // (commutate contracted indices towards each other, simplify_indexed()
+               // will re-expand and re-run the simplification)
+               } else {
+                       exvector::iterator it = self + 1, next_to_last = other - 1;
+                       while (it != other) {
+                               if (!is_ex_of_type(*it, clifford))
+                                       return false;
+                               it++;
+                       }
+
+                       it = self + 1;
+                       ex S = _ex1();
+                       while (it != next_to_last) {
+                               S *= *it;
+                               *it++ = _ex1();
+                       }
+
+                       *self = 2 * (*next_to_last) * S - (*self) * S * (*other) * (*next_to_last);
+                       *next_to_last = _ex1();
                        *other = _ex1();
                        return true;
                }
@@ -301,13 +314,36 @@ ex dirac_gamma5(unsigned char rl)
        return clifford(diracgamma5(), rl);
 }
 
-ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0)
+ex dirac_gamma6(unsigned char rl)
+{
+       return clifford(diracone(), rl) + clifford(diracgamma5(), rl);
+}
+
+ex dirac_gamma7(unsigned char rl)
+{
+       return clifford(diracone(), rl) - clifford(diracgamma5(), rl);
+}
+
+ex dirac_slash(const ex & e, const ex & dim, unsigned char rl)
+{
+       varidx mu((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim);
+       return indexed(e, mu.toggle_variance()) * dirac_gamma(mu, rl);
+}
+
+/** Check whether a given tinfo key (as returned by return_type_tinfo()
+ *  is that of a clifford object with the specified representation label. */
+static bool is_clifford_tinfo(unsigned ti, unsigned char rl)
+{
+       return ti == (TINFO_clifford + rl);
+}
+
+ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl, const ex & trONE)
 {
        if (is_ex_of_type(e, clifford)) {
 
                if (ex_to_clifford(e).get_representation_label() == rl
                 && is_ex_of_type(e.op(0), diracone))
-                       return _ex4();
+                       return trONE;
                else
                        return _ex0();
 
@@ -316,7 +352,7 @@ ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0)
                // Trace of sum = sum of traces
                ex sum = _ex0();
                for (unsigned i=0; i<e.nops(); i++)
-                       sum += dirac_trace(e.op(i), rl);
+                       sum += dirac_trace(e.op(i), rl, trONE);
                return sum;
 
        } else if (is_ex_exactly_of_type(e, mul)) {
@@ -325,13 +361,9 @@ ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0)
                ex prod = _ex1();
                for (unsigned i=0; i<e.nops(); i++) {
                        const ex &o = e.op(i);
-                       if (is_ex_of_type(o, clifford)
-                        && ex_to_clifford(o).get_representation_label() == rl)
-                               prod *= dirac_trace(o, rl);
-                       else if (is_ex_of_type(o, ncmul)
-                        && is_ex_of_type(o.op(0), clifford)
-                        && ex_to_clifford(o.op(0)).get_representation_label() == rl)
-                               prod *= dirac_trace(o, rl);
+                       unsigned ti = o.return_type_tinfo();
+                       if (is_clifford_tinfo(o.return_type_tinfo(), rl))
+                               prod *= dirac_trace(o, rl, trONE);
                        else
                                prod *= o;
                }
@@ -339,10 +371,14 @@ ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0)
 
        } else if (is_ex_exactly_of_type(e, ncmul)) {
 
-               if (!is_ex_of_type(e.op(0), clifford)
-                || ex_to_clifford(e.op(0)).get_representation_label() != rl)
+               if (!is_clifford_tinfo(e.return_type_tinfo(), rl))
                        return _ex0();
 
+               // Expand product, if necessary
+               ex e_expanded = e.expand();
+               if (!is_ex_of_type(e_expanded, ncmul))
+                       return dirac_trace(e_expanded, rl, trONE);
+
                // gamma5 gets moved to the front so this check is enough
                bool has_gamma5 = is_ex_of_type(e.op(0).op(0), diracgamma5);
                unsigned num = e.nops();
@@ -350,27 +386,46 @@ ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0)
                if (has_gamma5) {
 
                        // Trace of gamma5 * odd number of gammas and trace of
-                       // gamma5 * gamma_mu * gamma_nu are zero
-                       if ((num & 1) == 0 || num == 2)
+                       // gamma5 * gamma.mu * gamma.nu are zero
+                       if ((num & 1) == 0 || num == 3)
                                return _ex0();
 
+                       // Tr gamma5 S_2k =
+                       //   I/4! * epsilon0123.mu1.mu2.mu3.mu4 * Tr gamma.mu1 gamma.mu2 gamma.mu3 gamma.mu4 S_2k
+                       ex dim = ex_to_idx(e.op(1).op(1)).get_dim();
+                       varidx mu1((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim),
+                              mu2((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim),
+                              mu3((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim),
+                              mu4((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim);
+                       exvector v;
+                       v.reserve(num + 3);
+                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu1, rl));
+                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu2, rl));
+                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu3, rl));
+                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu4, rl));
+                       for (int i=1; i<num; i++)
+                               v.push_back(e.op(i));
+
+                       return (eps0123(mu1.toggle_variance(), mu2.toggle_variance(), mu3.toggle_variance(), mu4.toggle_variance()) *
+                               dirac_trace(ncmul(v), rl, trONE)).simplify_indexed() * I / 24;
+
                } else { // no gamma5
 
                        // Trace of odd number of gammas is zero
                        if ((num & 1) == 1)
                                return _ex0();
 
-                       // Tr gamma_mu gamma_nu = 4 g_mu_nu
+                       // Tr gamma.mu gamma.nu = 4 g.mu.nu
                        if (num == 2)
-                               return 4 * lorentz_g(e.op(0).op(1), e.op(1).op(1));
+                               return trONE * lorentz_g(e.op(0).op(1), e.op(1).op(1));
 
                        // Traces of 4 or more gammas are computed recursively:
-                       // Tr gamma_mu1 gamma_mu2 ... gamma_mun =
-                       //   + eta_mu1_mu2 * Tr gamma_mu3 ... gamma_mun
-                       //   - eta_mu1_mu3 * Tr gamma_mu2 gamma_mu4 ... gamma_mun
-                       //   + eta_mu1_mu4 * Tr gamma_mu3 gamma_mu3 gamma_mu5 ... gamma_mun
+                       // Tr gamma.mu1 gamma.mu2 ... gamma.mun =
+                       //   + g.mu1.mu2 * Tr gamma.mu3 ... gamma.mun
+                       //   - g.mu1.mu3 * Tr gamma.mu2 gamma.mu4 ... gamma.mun
+                       //   + g.mu1.mu4 * Tr gamma.mu3 gamma.mu3 gamma.mu5 ... gamma.mun
                        //   - ...
-                       //   + eta_mu1_mun * Tr gamma_mu2 ... gamma_mu(n-1)
+                       //   + g.mu1.mun * Tr gamma.mu2 ... gamma.mu(n-1)
                        exvector v(num - 2);
                        int sign = 1;
                        const ex &ix1 = e.op(0).op(1);
@@ -381,13 +436,11 @@ ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0)
                                                continue;
                                        v[j++] = e.op(n);
                                }
-                               result += sign * lorentz_g(ix1, e.op(i).op(1)) * dirac_trace(ncmul(v), rl);
+                               result += sign * lorentz_g(ix1, e.op(i).op(1)) * dirac_trace(ncmul(v), rl, trONE);
                                sign = -sign;
                        }
                        return result;
                }
-
-               throw (std::logic_error("dirac_trace: don't know how to compute trace"));
        }
 
        return _ex0();