FeynCalc manual (development version)

ImplicitSUNFIndex

ImplicitSUNFIndex is a data type. It mainly applies to names of quantum fields specifying that the corresponding field carries an implicit SU(N) index in the fundamental representation.

This information can be supplied e.g. via DataType[QuarkField, ImplicitSUNFIndex] = True, where QuarkField is a possible name of the relevant field.

The ImplicitSUNFIndex property becomes relevant when simplifying noncommutative products involving QuantumFields via ExpandPartialD, DotSimplify.

See also

Overview, DataType, ImplicitDiracIndex, ImplicitPauliIndex

Examples

Default (possibly unwanted) behavior

ex = QuantumField[AntiQuarkField] . SUNT[a] . QuantumField[QuarkField]

\bar{\psi }.T^a.\psi

DotSimplify[ex]

\bar{\psi }.\psi T^a

ExpandPartialD[ex]

\bar{\psi }.\psi T^a

Now we let FeynCalc know that AntiQuarkField and QuarkField carry an implicit color index that connects them to the color matrix.

DataType[QuarkField, ImplicitSUNFIndex] = True;
DataType[AntiQuarkField, ImplicitSUNFIndex] = True;
DotSimplify[ex]

\bar{\psi }.T^a.\psi

ExpandPartialD[ex]

\bar{\psi }.T^a.\psi