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Causality and the effective range expansion

Nuclear Theory 2015-05-18 v2 Quantum Gases Quantum Physics

Abstract

We derive the generalization of Wigner's causality bounds and Bethe's integral formula for the effective range parameter to arbitrary dimension and arbitrary angular momentum. We also discuss the impact of these constraints on the separation of low- and high-momentum scales and universality in low-energy scattering. Some of our results were summarized earlier in a letter publication. In this work, we present full derivations and several detailed examples.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1002.4603,
  title  = {Causality and the effective range expansion},
  author = {H. -W. Hammer and Dean Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.4603},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

27 pages, 5 figures, explicit examples added, typos corrected, final version

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