QED manual (development version)

Load FeynCalc and the necessary add-ons or other packages

description = "Ga -> Ga Ga, QED, amplitude, 1-loop";
If[ $FrontEnd === Null, 
    $FeynCalcStartupMessages = False; 
    Print[description]; 
  ];
If[ $Notebooks === False, 
    $FeynCalcStartupMessages = False 
  ];
$LoadAddOns = {"FeynArts"};
<< FeynCalc`
$FAVerbose = 0; 
 
FCCheckVersion[9, 3, 1];

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$$\text{FeynArts }\;\text{3.11 (3 Aug 2020) patched for use with FeynCalc, for documentation see the }\underline{\text{manual}}\;\text{ or visit }\underline{\text{www}.\text{feynarts}.\text{de}.}$$

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$$\text{ $\bullet $ T. Hahn, Comput. Phys. Commun., 140, 418-431, 2001, arXiv:hep-ph/0012260}$$

Generate Feynman diagrams

Nicer typesetting

MakeBoxes[mu, TraditionalForm] := "\[Mu]";
MakeBoxes[nu, TraditionalForm] := "\[Nu]";
MakeBoxes[rho, TraditionalForm] := "\[Rho]";
MakeBoxes[k1, TraditionalForm] := "\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(1\)]\)";
MakeBoxes[k2, TraditionalForm] := "\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(2\)]\)";
MakeBoxes[k3, TraditionalForm] := "\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(3\)]\)";

diags = InsertFields[CreateTopologies[1, 1 -> 2], 
            {V[1]} -> {V[1], V[1]}, InsertionLevel -> {Particles}, 
            ExcludeParticles -> {S[_], V[_], U[_], F[3 | 4], F[2, {2 | 3}]}]; 
 
Paint[diags, ColumnsXRows -> {2, 1}, Numbering -> Simple, 
    SheetHeader -> None, ImageSize -> {512, 256}];

Obtain the amplitude

The 1/(2Pi)^D prefactor is implicit.

amp[0] = FCFAConvert[CreateFeynAmp[diags, PreFactor -> 1, 
    Truncated -> True], IncomingMomenta -> {k1}, 
    OutgoingMomenta -> {k2, k3}, LoopMomenta -> {q}, 
    LorentzIndexNames -> {mu, nu, rho}, UndoChiralSplittings -> True, 
    ChangeDimension -> D, List -> False, SMP -> True]

$$\frac{i \;\text{tr}\left(\left(m_e+\gamma \cdot \left(q-k_2-k_3\right)\right).\left(-i \;\text{e} \gamma ^{\rho }\right).\left(m_e+\gamma \cdot \left(q-k_2\right)\right).\left(-i \;\text{e} \gamma ^{\nu }\right).\left(m_e+\gamma \cdot q\right).\left(-i \;\text{e} \gamma ^{\mu }\right)\right)}{\left(q^2-m_e^2\right).\left((q-k_2){}^2-m_e^2\right).\left((-k_2-k_3+q){}^2-m_e^2\right)}+\frac{i \;\text{tr}\left(\left(m_e+\gamma \cdot \left(q-k_2-k_3\right)\right).\left(i \;\text{e} \gamma ^{\rho }\right).\left(m_e+\gamma \cdot \left(q-k_2\right)\right).\left(i \;\text{e} \gamma ^{\nu }\right).\left(m_e+\gamma \cdot q\right).\left(i \;\text{e} \gamma ^{\mu }\right)\right)}{\left(q^2-m_e^2\right).\left((q-k_2){}^2-m_e^2\right).\left((-k_2-k_3+q){}^2-m_e^2\right)}$$

Calculate the amplitude

We obtain two triangle diagrams. The sum vanishes because the contribution of the first diagram cancels the contribution of the second diagram.

amp[1] = amp[0] // FCTraceFactor

$$0$$

Check the final results

FCCompareResults[amp[1], 0, 
   Text -> {"\tVerify Furry's theorem for 3-photons at 1-loop:", 
     "CORRECT.", "WRONG!"}, Interrupt -> {Hold[Quit[1]], Automatic}];
Print["\tCPU Time used: ", Round[N[TimeUsed[], 4], 0.001], " s."];

$$\text{$\backslash $tVerify Furry's theorem for 3-photons at 1-loop:} \;\text{CORRECT.}$$

$$\text{$\backslash $tCPU Time used: }17.695\text{ s.}$$