FeynCalc manual (development version)

LeftRightNablaD

LeftRightNablaD[i] denotes \overleftrightarrow {\nabla}_{i}, acting to the left and right.

ExplicitPartialD[LeftRightNablaD[i]] gives 1/2 (RightNablaD[i] - LeftNablaD[i]).

See also

Overview, ExplicitPartialD, ExpandPartialD, FCPartialD, LeftNablaD, LeftRightNablaD2, RightNablaD.

Examples

LeftRightNablaD[i] 
 
ExplicitPartialD[%]

\overleftrightarrow{\nabla }_i

\frac{1}{2} \overleftarrow{\partial }_i-\vec{\partial }_i

LeftRightNablaD[i] . QuantumField[A, LorentzIndex[\[Nu]]] 
 
ExpandPartialD[%]

\overleftrightarrow{\nabla }_i.A_{\nu }

\frac{1}{2} \left(\overleftarrow{\partial }_i.A_{\nu }-\left(\partial _iA_{\nu }\right)\right)

QuantumField[A, LorentzIndex[\[Mu]]] . LeftRightNablaD[i] . QuantumField[A, LorentzIndex[\[Rho]]] 
 
ExpandPartialD[%] 
  
 

A_{\mu }.\overleftrightarrow{\nabla }_i.A_{\rho }

\frac{1}{2} \left(\left(\partial _iA_{\mu }\right).A_{\rho }-A_{\mu }.\left(\partial _iA_{\rho }\right)\right)