Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ superscript within \multirow

[samwell187]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum, and a quick search did not return any solutions to this problem. If there is an old thread with the answer feel to drop that in. Thanks!

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The issue is that within \multirow, using a superscript puts text on a different line instead of rendering it as superscript text. So, in the following, I would like q^2 to appear to the left of Xe; instead, the q appears to the left of Xe and the 2 appears to the left of Ge.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{fullpage}

\begin{document}

$$
\begin{array}{| l | l | l | l | l |}
\hline \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{10 {\rm~GeV,~ anapole} } \\ 
\hline {\rm operator} \rule{0pt}{2.6ex} & {\rm target} & \widetilde{L}_{min}  \\ \hline
\multirow{3}{*} q^2 & Ge &    \\
 & Xe &  \\
 & Ar &  \\ \hline
\end{array}
$$
\end{document}

I tried to use \mbox{q^2}, but this put the q^2 to the left of Ge instead of Xe.

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks,
Sam

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Sam,

welcome to the board!

It's great that you posted a complete example, that makes it easy to help. Just use q^2 (in math mode) as the third argument of multirow, in braces:

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\multirow{3}{*}{$q^2$}

Stefan

[samwell187]

Thanks a bunch. Quite an easy fix!

[Ijon Tichy]

Please, don't use $$…$$ in LaTeX. It is low-level TeX and can result in unexpected typesetting. See section 1.6 in "An essential guide to LaTeX2ε usage".