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So I'm using Jaxodraw to make Feynman Diagrams. The code I exported from Jaxodraw is the following:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{axodraw4j}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0pt}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0pt}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0pt}
\setlength{\headheight}{0pt}
\setlength{\headsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\topskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\footskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\textwidth}{\paperwidth}
\addtolength{\textwidth}{-2in}
\setlength{\textheight}{\paperheight}
\addtolength{\textheight}{-2in}

\pagestyle{empty}



\begin{document}

%%JaxoComment:
%%JaxoScale{1.0}


\begin{center}
\fcolorbox{white}{white}{
  \begin{picture}(596,144) (110,-139)
    \SetWidth{1.0}
    \SetColor{Black}
    \COval(160,-80)(32,32)(0){Black}{White}
    \COval(352,-80)(32,32)(0){Black}{White}
    \COval(528,-80)(32,32)(0){Black}{White}
    \COval(656,-80)(32,32)(0){Black}{White}
    %
    % There is a postscript text here!
    % There is a postscript text here!
    \SetWidth{1.5}
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=8.833,arrowwidth=3.533,arrowinset=0.2](184,-57)(208,-32)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=8.833,arrowwidth=3.533,arrowinset=0.2](182,-104)(208,-128)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=8.833,arrowwidth=3.533,arrowinset=0.2](112,-128)(138,-104)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=10.5,arrowwidth=4.2,arrowinset=0.2](112,-32)(137,-57)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=10.5,arrowwidth=4.2,arrowinset=0.2](376,-57)(400,-32)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=9,arrowwidth=3.6,arrowinset=0.2](375,-103)(400,-128)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=9,arrowwidth=3.6,arrowinset=0.2](304,-128)(331,-104)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=9,arrowwidth=3.6,arrowinset=0.2](304,-32)(329,-58)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=10.5,arrowwidth=4.2,arrowinset=0.2](480,-32)(504,-57)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=9,arrowwidth=3.6,arrowinset=0.2](480,-128)(505,-103)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=10.5,arrowwidth=4.2,arrowinset=0.2](679,-57)(704,-32)
    \Line[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=9,arrowwidth=3.6,arrowinset=0.2](679,-103)(704,-128)
    \Arc[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=10,arrowwidth=4,arrowinset=0.2,clock](592,-78.12)(46.12,152.746,27.254)
    \Arc[arrow,arrowpos=0.5,arrowlength=9,arrowwidth=3.6,arrowinset=0.2](592,-81.88)(46.12,-152.746,-27.254)
    \Text(112,-144)[lb]{\Large{\Black{$p_2$}}}
    \Text(208,-144)[lb]{\Large{\Black{$p_4$}}}
    \Text(112,-16)[lb]{\Large{\Black{$p_1$}}}
    \Text(208,-32)[lb]{\Large{\Black{$p_3$}}}
  \end{picture}
}
\end{center}

\end{document}

The only thing showing up when I run that is the different p's. Anyone have any suggestions for how to get the diagram to show up?

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You probably generated the PDF with pdflatex. For the diagrams to work, I believe you have to use latex followed by dvips followed by ps2pdf. Exactly how you do that depends on your editor, if you use the command line to compile the document you need to do

latex filename.tex
dvips filename.dvi
ps2pdf filename.ps

The resulting PDF should then contain the diagram, looking like this:

enter image description here

A few things to note:

  • The diagram is too wide for the page, so you should reduce the size a bit. (I don't know Jaxodraw, so can't say how.)
  • The reason p_2 and p_4 look a bit weird, is that they're covered by the \fcolorbox, so I'd remove that.
  • \Large doesn't take an argument, it should be used as {\Large text}, not \Large{text}.
  • In general, instead of manually setting all the different margins, \textwidth etc., use the geometry package. See Setting exact margins for an example.

If you want to avoid going via DVI and PostScript to get a PDF, you should look at other packages for generating your diagrams, such as tikz, or tikz-feynman.

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Not an answer to your question, but just doing what Torbjørn T. is suggesting: redrawing the thing with tikz-feynman. Well, almost, I could really not draw a diagram with vertices at which three fermion lines meet, so I replaces some of the straight lines by gluons. Notice also that you do not need to compile the thing with lualatex. Even though I highly respect the work done by Joshua Ellis on the automatic placement, I found that in practice it does often not lead to a very nice output when the diagram becomes more complicated.

enter image description here

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{tikz-feynman}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,bending}
\tikzfeynmanset{compat=1.0.0}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[>={[inset=0,length=8,angle'=30,bend]Stealth}, line width=.7pt]
\begin{feynman}
            \vertex (a1);
            \vertex[below right= 1.12 cm of a1](a2);
            \vertex[below=4cm of a1] (b1);
            \vertex[right= 2.12 cm of a2](a3);
            \vertex[below= 2.12 cm of a2](a4);
            \vertex[above right = 1.12 cm of a3] (a7);
            \vertex[below right=3cm of a2] (a5); 
            \vertex[below right = 1.12 cm of a5] (b2);
            \diagram* {
            (a1) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_1\)}] (a2)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a3)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a5)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a4)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a2),
                (b1) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_2\)}] (a4),
                (a3) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_3\)}] (a7),        
                (a5) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_4\)}] (b2)        
            };
\end{feynman}
\begin{feynman}[xshift=5cm]
            \vertex (a1);
            \vertex[below right= 1.12 cm of a1](a2);
            \vertex[below=4cm of a1] (b1);
            \vertex[right= 2.12 cm of a2](a3);
            \vertex[below= 2.12 cm of a2](a4);
            \vertex[below right=3cm of a2] (a5); 
            \vertex[right=2cm of a5] (a6); 
            \vertex[right=3cm of a3] (r3);
            \vertex[right=3cm of a5] (r5);
            \vertex[right=2cm of r3] (r2);
            \vertex[right=2cm of r5] (r4);
            \vertex[above right= 1.12 cm of r2](f1);
            \vertex[below right= 1.12 cm of r4](f2);
            \diagram* {
            (a1) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_1\)}] (a2)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a3)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a5)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a4)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (a2),
                (b1) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_2\)}] (a4),
                 (a3) -- [gluon,quarter left] (r3),        
                 (a5) -- [gluon,quarter right] (r5)
                 -- [fermion, quarter left] (r3)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (r2)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (r4)
                -- [fermion, quarter left] (r5),
                (r2) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_3\)}] (f1),        
                (r4) -- [gluon,momentum'={[arrow style=blue]\(p_4\)}] (f2)        
            };
\end{feynman}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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First, I suggest you to have a look to this interesting documentation: http://mirror.ibcp.fr/pub/CTAN/graphics/axodraw/axodraw.pdf

Second, you can also test my LaTeX code.

    \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
    \usepackage{axodraw4j}
    \usepackage{pstricks}
    \usepackage{xcolor}
    \usepackage{amsmath}
    \usepackage{amssymb}
    \usepackage{tikz} % I use it to place a grid with tikz grid command
    \pagestyle{empty}

    \begin{document}
    \begin{center}\begin{picture}(300,56)(0,0)
    \Vertex(180,10){1.5}
    \Vertex(120,10){1.5}
    \SetColor{Red}
    \ArrowLine(100,10)(200,10)
    \SetColor{Green}
    \LongArrowArc(150,10)(20,60,120)
    \SetColor{Brown}
    \PhotonArc(150,10)(30,0,180){4}{8.5}   % 8.5 wiggles
    \end{picture}
    \end{center}

    \begin{center}
    \fcolorbox{white}{white}{
    \begin{picture}(596,144) (110,-139)
    \SetWidth{1.0}
    \SetColor{Black}
    \Gluon(100,-200)(200,0){50}{8}   
    \end{picture}
    }

   \begin{picture}(162,39) (0,0)
   \Line[arrow,arrowlength=5,arrowwidth=2](0,19)(48,19)
   \Arc[arrow,arrowlength=5,arrowwidth=2](80,43)(40,-143.13,-36.87)
   \Line(112,19)(160,19)
   \GluonArc(80,-5)(40,37,143){3.5}{6}
   \Text(112,-16)[lb]{\Large{\Black{$p_1$}}}
   \Text(208,-32)[lb]{\Large{\Black{$p_3$}}}
   \tikz{\draw[step=1.0,black,thin] (0.5,0.5) grid (5.5,4.5);}
   \end{picture}%
   \end{center}

   \end{document}

I suggest you to edit manually your LaTeX code because the origin of the trouble seem to be the Jaxodraw software, but not LaTeX itself.

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