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The left-cut for partial waves in terms of physical amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-06-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We derive a novel representation of the partial wave amplitude over the left-hand cut for 222 \to 2 scattering. We express the left-hand cut of arbitrary isospin and angular momentum partial waves as an integral of right-hand cut imaginary parts. This formulation provides an explicit, exact extraction of the logarithmic branch cut structures, offering a valuable tool to systematically quantify left-hand cut uncertainties in unitarization methods such as the Inverse Amplitude Method or N/DN/D approaches.

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@article{arxiv.2607.00136,
  title  = {The left-cut for partial waves in terms of physical amplitudes},
  author = {Alexandre Salas-Bernárdez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.00136},
  year   = {2026}
}