Eigenmath Demo

This script can be pasted into the Eigenmath app.

-- Verify formulas for electron scattering

E = sqrt(p^2 + m^2)

p1 = (E, 0, 0, p)
p2 = (E, 0, 0, -p)

p3 = (E,
      p expsin(theta) expcos(phi),
      p expsin(theta) expsin(phi),
      p expcos(theta))

p4 = (E,
      -p expsin(theta) expcos(phi),
      -p expsin(theta) expsin(phi),
      -p expcos(theta))

I = ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))

gmunu = ((1,0,0,0),(0,-1,0,0),(0,0,-1,0),(0,0,0,-1))

gamma0 = ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,-1,0),(0,0,0,-1))
gamma1 = ((0,0,0,1),(0,0,1,0),(0,-1,0,0),(-1,0,0,0))
gamma2 = ((0,0,0,-i),(0,0,i,0),(0,i,0,0),(-i,0,0,0))
gamma3 = ((0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,-1),(-1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0))

gamma = (gamma0,gamma1,gamma2,gamma3)

gammaT = transpose(gamma)
gammaL = transpose(dot(gmunu,gamma))

pslash1 = dot(p1,gmunu,gamma)
pslash2 = dot(p2,gmunu,gamma)
pslash3 = dot(p3,gmunu,gamma)
pslash4 = dot(p4,gmunu,gamma)

X1 = pslash1 + m I
X2 = pslash2 + m I
X3 = pslash3 + m I
X4 = pslash4 + m I

T1 = contract(dot(X3,gammaT,X1,gammaT),1,4)
T2 = contract(dot(X4,gammaL,X2,gammaL),1,4)
f11 = contract(dot(T1,transpose(T2)))

T = contract(dot(X3,gammaT,X1,gammaT,X4,gammaL,X2,gammaL),1,6)
f12 = contract(contract(T,1,3))

T1 = contract(dot(X4,gammaT,X1,gammaT),1,4)
T2 = contract(dot(X3,gammaL,X2,gammaL),1,4)
f22 = contract(dot(T1,transpose(T2)))

"Verify momentum formulas (1=ok)"

f11 == 32 dot(p1,gmunu,p2)^2 +
       32 dot(p1,gmunu,p4)^2 -
       64 m^2 dot(p1,gmunu,p3) + 64 m^4

f12 == -32 dot(p1,gmunu,p2)^2 +
        32 m^2 dot(p1,gmunu,p2) +
        32 m^2 dot(p1,gmunu,p3) +
        32 m^2 dot(p1,gmunu,p4) - 32 m^4

f22 == 32 dot(p1,gmunu,p2)^2 +
       32 dot(p1,gmunu,p3)^2 -
       64 m^2 dot(p1,gmunu,p4) + 64 m^4

"Verify Mandelstam formulas (1=ok)"

s = dot(p1 + p2,gmunu,p1 + p2)
t = dot(p1 - p3,gmunu,p1 - p3)
u = dot(p1 - p4,gmunu,p1 - p4)

f11 == 8 s^2 + 8 u^2 - 64 s m^2 - 64 u m^2 + 192 m^4
f12 == -8 s^2 + 64 s m^2 - 96 m^4
f22 == 8 s^2 + 8 t^2 - 64 s m^2 - 64 t m^2 + 192 m^4

m = 0

s == 4 E^2
t == 2 E^2 (expcos(theta) - 1)
u == -2 E^2 (expcos(theta) + 1)

"Verify probability density (1=ok)"

d11 = t^2
d12 = t u
d22 = u^2

A = 1/4 (f11/d11 - 2 f12/d12 + f22/d22)

B = 4 (expcos(theta)^2 + 3)^2 / (expcos(theta)^2 - 1)^2

A == B

-- Zee formula

A = 2 ((1 + expcos(theta/2)^4) / expsin(theta/2)^4 +
    2 / (expsin(theta/2)^2 expcos(theta/2)^2) +
    (1 + expsin(theta/2)^4) / expcos(theta/2)^4)

B = 4 (expcos(theta)^2 + 3)^2 / (expcos(theta)^2 - 1)^2

A == B