Source code for sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices

"""
Module to handle gamma matrices expressed as tensor objects.

Examples
========

>>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import GammaMatrix as G, LorentzIndex
>>> from sympy.tensor.tensor import tensor_indices
>>> i = tensor_indices('i', LorentzIndex)
>>> G(i)
GammaMatrix(i)

Note that there is already an instance of GammaMatrixHead in four dimensions:
GammaMatrix, which is simply declare as

>>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import GammaMatrix
>>> from sympy.tensor.tensor import tensor_indices
>>> i = tensor_indices('i', LorentzIndex)
>>> GammaMatrix(i)
GammaMatrix(i)

To access the metric tensor

>>> LorentzIndex.metric
metric(LorentzIndex,LorentzIndex)

"""
from sympy import S, Mul, eye, trace
from sympy.tensor.tensor import TensorIndexType, TensorIndex,\
from sympy.core.compatibility import range

# DiracSpinorIndex = TensorIndexType('DiracSpinorIndex', dim=4, dummy_fmt="S")

LorentzIndex = TensorIndexType('LorentzIndex', dim=4, dummy_fmt="L")

GammaMatrix = tensorhead("GammaMatrix", [LorentzIndex], [[1]], comm=None)

[docs]def extract_type_tens(expression, component): """ Extract from a TensExpr all tensors with component. Returns two tensor expressions: * the first contains all Tensor of having component. * the second contains all remaining. """ if isinstance(expression, Tensor): sp = [expression] elif isinstance(expression, TensMul): sp = expression.args else: raise ValueError('wrong type') # Collect all gamma matrices of the same dimension new_expr = S.One residual_expr = S.One for i in sp: if isinstance(i, Tensor) and i.component == component: new_expr *= i else: residual_expr *= i return new_expr, residual_expr
def simplify_gamma_expression(expression): extracted_expr, residual_expr = extract_type_tens(expression, GammaMatrix) res_expr = _simplify_single_line(extracted_expr) return res_expr * residual_expr
[docs]def simplify_gpgp(ex, sort=True): """ simplify products G(i)*p(-i)*G(j)*p(-j) -> p(i)*p(-i) Examples ======== >>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import GammaMatrix as G, \ LorentzIndex, simplify_gpgp >>> from sympy.tensor.tensor import tensor_indices, tensorhead >>> p, q = tensorhead('p, q', [LorentzIndex], [[1]]) >>> i0,i1,i2,i3,i4,i5 = tensor_indices('i0:6', LorentzIndex) >>> ps = p(i0)*G(-i0) >>> qs = q(i0)*G(-i0) >>> simplify_gpgp(ps*qs*qs) GammaMatrix(-L_0)*p(L_0)*q(L_1)*q(-L_1) """ def _simplify_gpgp(ex): components = ex.components a = [] comp_map = [] for i, comp in enumerate(components): comp_map.extend([i]*comp.rank) dum = [(i[0], i[1], comp_map[i[0]], comp_map[i[1]]) for i in ex.dum] for i in range(len(components)): if components[i] != GammaMatrix: continue for dx in dum: if dx[2] == i: p_pos1 = dx[3] elif dx[3] == i: p_pos1 = dx[2] else: continue comp1 = components[p_pos1] if comp1.comm == 0 and comp1.rank == 1: a.append((i, p_pos1)) if not a: return ex elim = set() tv = [] hit = True coeff = S.One ta = None while hit: hit = False for i, ai in enumerate(a[:-1]): if ai[0] in elim: continue if ai[0] != a[i + 1][0] - 1: continue if components[ai[1]] != components[a[i + 1][1]]: continue elim.add(ai[0]) elim.add(ai[1]) elim.add(a[i + 1][0]) elim.add(a[i + 1][1]) if not ta: ta = ex.split() mu = TensorIndex('mu', LorentzIndex) hit = True if i == 0: coeff = ex.coeff tx = components[ai[1]](mu)*components[ai[1]](-mu) if len(a) == 2: tx *= 4 # eye(4) tv.append(tx) break if tv: a = [x for j, x in enumerate(ta) if j not in elim] a.extend(tv) t = tensor_mul(*a)*coeff # t = t.replace(lambda x: x.is_Matrix, lambda x: 1) return t else: return ex if sort: ex = ex.sorted_components() # this would be better off with pattern matching while 1: t = _simplify_gpgp(ex) if t != ex: ex = t else: return t
[docs]def gamma_trace(t): """ trace of a single line of gamma matrices Examples ======== >>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import GammaMatrix as G, \ gamma_trace, LorentzIndex >>> from sympy.tensor.tensor import tensor_indices, tensorhead >>> p, q = tensorhead('p, q', [LorentzIndex], [[1]]) >>> i0,i1,i2,i3,i4,i5 = tensor_indices('i0:6', LorentzIndex) >>> ps = p(i0)*G(-i0) >>> qs = q(i0)*G(-i0) >>> gamma_trace(G(i0)*G(i1)) 4*metric(i0, i1) >>> gamma_trace(ps*ps) - 4*p(i0)*p(-i0) 0 >>> gamma_trace(ps*qs + ps*ps) - 4*p(i0)*p(-i0) - 4*p(i0)*q(-i0) 0 """ if isinstance(t, TensAdd): res = TensAdd(*[_trace_single_line(x) for x in t.args]) return res t = _simplify_single_line(t) res = _trace_single_line(t) return res
def _simplify_single_line(expression): """ Simplify single-line product of gamma matrices. Examples ======== >>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import GammaMatrix as G, \ LorentzIndex, _simplify_single_line >>> from sympy.tensor.tensor import tensor_indices, tensorhead >>> p = tensorhead('p', [LorentzIndex], [[1]]) >>> i0,i1 = tensor_indices('i0:2', LorentzIndex) >>> _simplify_single_line(G(i0)*G(i1)*p(-i1)*G(-i0)) + 2*G(i0)*p(-i0) 0 """ t1, t2 = extract_type_tens(expression, GammaMatrix) if t1 != 1: t1 = kahane_simplify(t1) res = t1*t2 return res def _trace_single_line(t): """ Evaluate the trace of a single gamma matrix line inside a TensExpr. Notes ===== If there are DiracSpinorIndex.auto_left and DiracSpinorIndex.auto_right indices trace over them; otherwise traces are not implied (explain) Examples ======== >>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import GammaMatrix as G, \ LorentzIndex, _trace_single_line >>> from sympy.tensor.tensor import tensor_indices, tensorhead >>> p = tensorhead('p', [LorentzIndex], [[1]]) >>> i0,i1,i2,i3,i4,i5 = tensor_indices('i0:6', LorentzIndex) >>> _trace_single_line(G(i0)*G(i1)) 4*metric(i0, i1) >>> _trace_single_line(G(i0)*p(-i0)*G(i1)*p(-i1)) - 4*p(i0)*p(-i0) 0 """ def _trace_single_line1(t): t = t.sorted_components() components = t.components ncomps = len(components) g = LorentzIndex.metric # gamma matirices are in a[i:j] hit = 0 for i in range(ncomps): if components[i] == GammaMatrix: hit = 1 break for j in range(i + hit, ncomps): if components[j] != GammaMatrix: break else: j = ncomps numG = j - i if numG == 0: tcoeff = t.coeff return t.nocoeff if tcoeff else t if numG % 2 == 1: return TensMul.from_data(S.Zero, [], [], []) elif numG > 4: # find the open matrix indices and connect them: a = t.split() ind1 = a[i].get_indices()[0] ind2 = a[i + 1].get_indices()[0] aa = a[:i] + a[i + 2:] t1 = tensor_mul(*aa)*g(ind1, ind2) t1 = t1.contract_metric(g) args = [t1] sign = 1 for k in range(i + 2, j): sign = -sign ind2 = a[k].get_indices()[0] aa = a[:i] + a[i + 1:k] + a[k + 1:] t2 = sign*tensor_mul(*aa)*g(ind1, ind2) t2 = t2.contract_metric(g) t2 = simplify_gpgp(t2, False) args.append(t2) t3 = TensAdd(*args) t3 = _trace_single_line(t3) return t3 else: a = t.split() t1 = _gamma_trace1(*a[i:j]) a2 = a[:i] + a[j:] t2 = tensor_mul(*a2) t3 = t1*t2 if not t3: return t3 t3 = t3.contract_metric(g) return t3 if isinstance(t, TensAdd): a = [_trace_single_line1(x)*x.coeff for x in t.args] return TensAdd(*a) elif isinstance(t, (Tensor, TensMul)): r = t.coeff*_trace_single_line1(t) return r else: return trace(t) def _gamma_trace1(*a): gctr = 4 # FIXME specific for d=4 g = LorentzIndex.metric if not a: return gctr n = len(a) if n%2 == 1: #return TensMul.from_data(S.Zero, [], [], []) return S.Zero if n == 2: ind0 = a[0].get_indices()[0] ind1 = a[1].get_indices()[0] return gctr*g(ind0, ind1) if n == 4: ind0 = a[0].get_indices()[0] ind1 = a[1].get_indices()[0] ind2 = a[2].get_indices()[0] ind3 = a[3].get_indices()[0] return gctr*(g(ind0, ind1)*g(ind2, ind3) - \ g(ind0, ind2)*g(ind1, ind3) + g(ind0, ind3)*g(ind1, ind2))
[docs]def kahane_simplify(expression): r""" This function cancels contracted elements in a product of four dimensional gamma matrices, resulting in an expression equal to the given one, without the contracted gamma matrices. Parameters ========== expression the tensor expression containing the gamma matrices to simplify. Notes ===== If spinor indices are given, the matrices must be given in the order given in the product. Algorithm ========= The idea behind the algorithm is to use some well-known identities, i.e., for contractions enclosing an even number of \gamma matrices \gamma^\mu \gamma_{a_1} \cdots \gamma_{a_{2N}} \gamma_\mu = 2 (\gamma_{a_{2N}} \gamma_{a_1} \cdots \gamma_{a_{2N-1}} + \gamma_{a_{2N-1}} \cdots \gamma_{a_1} \gamma_{a_{2N}} ) for an odd number of \gamma matrices \gamma^\mu \gamma_{a_1} \cdots \gamma_{a_{2N+1}} \gamma_\mu = -2 \gamma_{a_{2N+1}} \gamma_{a_{2N}} \cdots \gamma_{a_{1}} Instead of repeatedly applying these identities to cancel out all contracted indices, it is possible to recognize the links that would result from such an operation, the problem is thus reduced to a simple rearrangement of free gamma matrices. Examples ======== When using, always remember that the original expression coefficient has to be handled separately >>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import GammaMatrix as G, LorentzIndex >>> from sympy.physics.hep.gamma_matrices import kahane_simplify >>> from sympy.tensor.tensor import tensor_indices >>> i0, i1, i2 = tensor_indices('i0:3', LorentzIndex) >>> ta = G(i0)*G(-i0) >>> kahane_simplify(ta) Matrix([ [4, 0, 0, 0], [0, 4, 0, 0], [0, 0, 4, 0], [0, 0, 0, 4]]) >>> tb = G(i0)*G(i1)*G(-i0) >>> kahane_simplify(tb) -2*GammaMatrix(i1) >>> t = G(i0)*G(-i0) >>> kahane_simplify(t) Matrix([ [4, 0, 0, 0], [0, 4, 0, 0], [0, 0, 4, 0], [0, 0, 0, 4]]) >>> t = G(i0)*G(-i0) >>> kahane_simplify(t) Matrix([ [4, 0, 0, 0], [0, 4, 0, 0], [0, 0, 4, 0], [0, 0, 0, 4]]) If there are no contractions, the same expression is returned >>> tc = G(i0)*G(i1) >>> kahane_simplify(tc) GammaMatrix(i0)*GammaMatrix(i1) References ========== [1] Algorithm for Reducing Contracted Products of gamma Matrices, Joseph Kahane, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 9, No. 10, October 1968. """ if isinstance(expression, Mul): return expression if isinstance(expression, TensAdd): return TensAdd(*[kahane_simplify(arg) for arg in expression.args]) if isinstance(expression, Tensor): return expression assert isinstance(expression, TensMul) gammas = expression.args for gamma in gammas: assert gamma.component == GammaMatrix free = expression.free # spinor_free = [_ for _ in expression.free_in_args if _[1] != 0] # if len(spinor_free) == 2: # spinor_free.sort(key=lambda x: x[2]) # assert spinor_free[0][1] == 1 and spinor_free[-1][1] == 2 # assert spinor_free[0][2] == 0 # elif spinor_free: # raise ValueError('spinor indices do not match') dum = [] for dum_pair in expression.dum: if expression.index_types[dum_pair[0]] == LorentzIndex: dum.append((dum_pair[0], dum_pair[1])) dum = sorted(dum) if len(dum) == 0: # or GammaMatrixHead: # no contractions in expression, just return it. return expression # find the first_dum_pos, i.e. the position of the first contracted # gamma matrix, Kahane's algorithm as described in his paper requires the # gamma matrix expression to start with a contracted gamma matrix, this is # a workaround which ignores possible initial free indices, and re-adds # them later. first_dum_pos = min(map(min, dum)) # for p1, p2, a1, a2 in expression.dum_in_args: # if p1 != 0 or p2 != 0: # # only Lorentz indices, skip Dirac indices: # continue # first_dum_pos = min(p1, p2) # break total_number = len(free) + len(dum)*2 number_of_contractions = len(dum) free_pos = [None]*total_number for i in free: free_pos[i[1]] = i[0] # index_is_free is a list of booleans, to identify index position # and whether that index is free or dummy. index_is_free = [False]*total_number for i, indx in enumerate(free): index_is_free[indx[1]] = True # links is a dictionary containing the graph described in Kahane's paper, # to every key correspond one or two values, representing the linked indices. # All values in links are integers, negative numbers are used in the case # where it is necessary to insert gamma matrices between free indices, in # order to make Kahane's algorithm work (see paper). links = dict() for i in range(first_dum_pos, total_number): links[i] = [] # cum_sign is a step variable to mark the sign of every index, see paper. cum_sign = -1 # cum_sign_list keeps storage for all cum_sign (every index). cum_sign_list = [None]*total_number block_free_count = 0 # multiply resulting_coeff by the coefficient parameter, the rest # of the algorithm ignores a scalar coefficient. resulting_coeff = S.One # initialize a list of lists of indices. The outer list will contain all # additive tensor expressions, while the inner list will contain the # free indices (rearranged according to the algorithm). resulting_indices = [[]] # start to count the connected_components, which together with the number # of contractions, determines a -1 or +1 factor to be multiplied. connected_components = 1 # First loop: here we fill cum_sign_list, and draw the links # among consecutive indices (they are stored in links). Links among # non-consecutive indices will be drawn later. for i, is_free in enumerate(index_is_free): # if expression starts with free indices, they are ignored here; # they are later added as they are to the beginning of all # resulting_indices list of lists of indices. if i < first_dum_pos: continue if is_free: block_free_count += 1 # if previous index was free as well, draw an arch in links. if block_free_count > 1: links[i - 1].append(i) links[i].append(i - 1) else: # Change the sign of the index (cum_sign) if the number of free # indices preceding it is even. cum_sign *= 1 if (block_free_count % 2) else -1 if block_free_count == 0 and i != first_dum_pos: # check if there are two consecutive dummy indices: # in this case create virtual indices with negative position, # these "virtual" indices represent the insertion of two # gamma^0 matrices to separate consecutive dummy indices, as # Kahane's algorithm requires dummy indices to be separated by # free indices. The product of two gamma^0 matrices is unity, # so the new expression being examined is the same as the # original one. if cum_sign == -1: links[-1-i] = [-1-i+1] links[-1-i+1] = [-1-i] if (i - cum_sign) in links: if i != first_dum_pos: links[i].append(i - cum_sign) if block_free_count != 0: if i - cum_sign < len(index_is_free): if index_is_free[i - cum_sign]: links[i - cum_sign].append(i) block_free_count = 0 cum_sign_list[i] = cum_sign # The previous loop has only created links between consecutive free indices, # it is necessary to properly create links among dummy (contracted) indices, # according to the rules described in Kahane's paper. There is only one exception # to Kahane's rules: the negative indices, which handle the case of some # consecutive free indices (Kahane's paper just describes dummy indices # separated by free indices, hinting that free indices can be added without # altering the expression result). for i in dum: # get the positions of the two contracted indices: pos1 = i[0] pos2 = i[1] # create Kahane's upper links, i.e. the upper arcs between dummy # (i.e. contracted) indices: links[pos1].append(pos2) links[pos2].append(pos1) # create Kahane's lower links, this corresponds to the arcs below # the line described in the paper: # first we move pos1 and pos2 according to the sign of the indices: linkpos1 = pos1 + cum_sign_list[pos1] linkpos2 = pos2 + cum_sign_list[pos2] # otherwise, perform some checks before creating the lower arcs: # make sure we are not exceeding the total number of indices: if linkpos1 >= total_number: continue if linkpos2 >= total_number: continue # make sure we are not below the first dummy index in expression: if linkpos1 < first_dum_pos: continue if linkpos2 < first_dum_pos: continue # check if the previous loop created "virtual" indices between dummy # indices, in such a case relink linkpos1 and linkpos2: if (-1-linkpos1) in links: linkpos1 = -1-linkpos1 if (-1-linkpos2) in links: linkpos2 = -1-linkpos2 # move only if not next to free index: if linkpos1 >= 0 and not index_is_free[linkpos1]: linkpos1 = pos1 if linkpos2 >=0 and not index_is_free[linkpos2]: linkpos2 = pos2 # create the lower arcs: if linkpos2 not in links[linkpos1]: links[linkpos1].append(linkpos2) if linkpos1 not in links[linkpos2]: links[linkpos2].append(linkpos1) # This loop starts from the first_dum_pos index (first dummy index) # walks through the graph deleting the visited indices from links, # it adds a gamma matrix for every free index in encounters, while it # completely ignores dummy indices and virtual indices. pointer = first_dum_pos previous_pointer = 0 while True: if pointer in links: next_ones = links.pop(pointer) else: break if previous_pointer in next_ones: next_ones.remove(previous_pointer) previous_pointer = pointer if next_ones: pointer = next_ones[0] else: break if pointer == previous_pointer: break if pointer >=0 and free_pos[pointer] is not None: for ri in resulting_indices: ri.append(free_pos[pointer]) # The following loop removes the remaining connected components in links. # If there are free indices inside a connected component, it gives a # contribution to the resulting expression given by the factor # gamma_a gamma_b ... gamma_z + gamma_z ... gamma_b gamma_a, in Kahanes's # paper represented as {gamma_a, gamma_b, ... , gamma_z}, # virtual indices are ignored. The variable connected_components is # increased by one for every connected component this loop encounters. # If the connected component has virtual and dummy indices only # (no free indices), it contributes to resulting_indices by a factor of two. # The multiplication by two is a result of the # factor {gamma^0, gamma^0} = 2 I, as it appears in Kahane's paper. # Note: curly brackets are meant as in the paper, as a generalized # multi-element anticommutator! while links: connected_components += 1 pointer = min(links.keys()) previous_pointer = pointer # the inner loop erases the visited indices from links, and it adds # all free indices to prepend_indices list, virtual indices are # ignored. prepend_indices = [] while True: if pointer in links: next_ones = links.pop(pointer) else: break if previous_pointer in next_ones: if len(next_ones) > 1: next_ones.remove(previous_pointer) previous_pointer = pointer if next_ones: pointer = next_ones[0] if pointer >= first_dum_pos and free_pos[pointer] is not None: prepend_indices.insert(0, free_pos[pointer]) # if prepend_indices is void, it means there are no free indices # in the loop (and it can be shown that there must be a virtual index), # loops of virtual indices only contribute by a factor of two: if len(prepend_indices) == 0: resulting_coeff *= 2 # otherwise, add the free indices in prepend_indices to # the resulting_indices: else: expr1 = prepend_indices expr2 = list(reversed(prepend_indices)) resulting_indices = [expri + ri for ri in resulting_indices for expri in (expr1, expr2)] # sign correction, as described in Kahane's paper: resulting_coeff *= -1 if (number_of_contractions - connected_components + 1) % 2 else 1 # power of two factor, as described in Kahane's paper: resulting_coeff *= 2**(number_of_contractions) # If first_dum_pos is not zero, it means that there are trailing free gamma # matrices in front of expression, so multiply by them: for i in range(0, first_dum_pos): [ri.insert(0, free_pos[i]) for ri in resulting_indices] resulting_expr = S.Zero for i in resulting_indices: temp_expr = S.One for j in i: temp_expr *= GammaMatrix(j) resulting_expr += temp_expr t = resulting_coeff * resulting_expr t1 = None if isinstance(t, TensAdd): t1 = t.args[0] elif isinstance(t, TensMul): t1 = t if t1: pass else: t = eye(4)*t return t