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Automatically generating Feynman rules for improved lattice field theories

2004/11/19 by A. Hart, G. M. von Hippel, R. R. Horgan +1
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-lat

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2005.03.010

published as J.Comput.Phys. 209 (2005) 340-353

arxiv created 2004/11/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Deriving the Feynman rules for lattice perturbation theory from actions and operators is complicated, especially when improvement terms are present. This physically important task is, however, suitable for automation. We describe a flexible algorithm for generating Feynman rules for a wide range of lattice field theories including gluons, relativistic fermions and heavy quarks. We also present an efficient implementation of this in a freely available, multi-platform programming language (\python), optimised to deal with a wide class of lattice field theories.

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