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Hey! I have a problem with problem 5.6 (b) from Peskin + Schroeder. Maybe I just don't see how it works, but I hope somebody can help me!
We are asked to calculate the amplitude for the annihilation of a positron electron pair into two photons in the high-energy limit. The high-energy limit is assumed by taking massless Weyl spinor for the electron and positron.
I get in my amplitude a factor that looks like this.
[tex]
\bar{u_R}(p_2)\frac{-\gamma^{\nu}k_2\!\!\!/\gamma^{\mu} + 2\gamma^{\nu}p_1^{\mu}}{-2p_1k_2}u_R(p_1) = C
[/tex]
I call it C to use it below. I am supposed to apply the Fierz identiy (from problem 5.3)
[tex]
\bar{u}_L(p_1)\gamma^{\mu}u_L(p_2)[\gamma_{\mu}]_{ab} = 2[u_L(p_2)\bar{u}_L(p_1) + u_R(p_1)\bar{u}_R(p_2)]_{ab}
[/tex]
I have not really an idea how to apply this identity on the first term in the factor of my amplitude. The complete amplitude looks like
[tex]
A(\gamma_{\nu})*B(\gamma_{\mu})*(C + C(\mu <-> \nu[/tex] and [tex] k_1 <-> k_2))
[/tex]
where A and B are sums of bilinears of u_R and u_L (The polarization vectors from the problems's description)
Thanks in advance!
Homework Statement
We are asked to calculate the amplitude for the annihilation of a positron electron pair into two photons in the high-energy limit. The high-energy limit is assumed by taking massless Weyl spinor for the electron and positron.
Homework Equations
I get in my amplitude a factor that looks like this.
[tex]
\bar{u_R}(p_2)\frac{-\gamma^{\nu}k_2\!\!\!/\gamma^{\mu} + 2\gamma^{\nu}p_1^{\mu}}{-2p_1k_2}u_R(p_1) = C
[/tex]
I call it C to use it below. I am supposed to apply the Fierz identiy (from problem 5.3)
[tex]
\bar{u}_L(p_1)\gamma^{\mu}u_L(p_2)[\gamma_{\mu}]_{ab} = 2[u_L(p_2)\bar{u}_L(p_1) + u_R(p_1)\bar{u}_R(p_2)]_{ab}
[/tex]
I have not really an idea how to apply this identity on the first term in the factor of my amplitude. The complete amplitude looks like
[tex]
A(\gamma_{\nu})*B(\gamma_{\mu})*(C + C(\mu <-> \nu[/tex] and [tex] k_1 <-> k_2))
[/tex]
where A and B are sums of bilinears of u_R and u_L (The polarization vectors from the problems's description)
Thanks in advance!