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On kinematical constraints in fermion-antifermion systems

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-28 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We consider the scattering of fermions off antifermions with spin 1/2 and 3/2. Starting from helicity partial-wave scattering amplitudes we derive transformations that eliminate all kinematical constraints. Such amplitudes are expected to satisfy partial-wave dispersion relations and therefore provide a suitable basis for data analysis and the construction of effective field theories. Our derivation relies on a decomposition of the various scattering amplitudes into suitable sets of invariant functions.

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@article{arxiv.1106.5619,
  title  = {On kinematical constraints in fermion-antifermion systems},
  author = {S. Stoica and M. F. M. Lutz and O. Scholten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.5619},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 pages, 3 tables