Contraction of Dirac matrices via chord diagrams

DOI10.4171/AIHPD/89zbMATH Open1454.81092arXiv1710.05164MaRDI QIDQ826437FDOQ826437

Authors: Marcel Golz 

Publication date: 4 January 2021

Published in: Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré D. Combinatorics, Physics and their Interactions (AIHPD) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Chord diagrams and combinatorics of word algebras are used to model products of Dirac matrices, their traces, and contractions. A simple formula for the result of arbitrary contractions is derived, simplifying and extending an old contraction algorithm due to Kahane. This formula is then used to express the Schwinger parametric integrand of a QED Feynman integral in a much simplified form, with the entire internal tensor structure eliminated. Possible next steps for further simplification, including a specific conjecture, are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05164

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zbMATH Keywords

Feynman integralsquantum electrodynamicsDirac matriceschord diagrams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph polynomials (05C31) Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66)

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