Related papers: On beautiful analytic structure of the S-matrix
For the same potential as originally studied by Ma [Phys. Rev. {\bf 71}, 195 (1947)] we obtain analytic expressions for the Jost functions and the residui of the S-matrix of both (i) redundant poles and (ii) the poles corresponding to true…
We analyze the structure of the scattering matrix, $S(k)$, for the one dimensional Morse potential. We show that, in addition to a finite number of bound state poles and an infinite number of anti-bound poles, there exist an infinite number…
We develop a versatile and analytically solvable potential which fairly reproduces the combined potential of an $\alpha+$nucleus system resulting from both the attractive nuclear and repulsive electrostatic potentials. The potential is…
The poles of the quantum scattering matrix (S-matrix) in the complex momentum plane have been studied extensively. Bound states give rise to S-matrix poles, and other poles correspond to non-normalizable anti-bound, resonance and…
Searching for infrastructure of the quantum mechanical system, we study trajectories of the s-wave poles of the S-matrix element with respect to a real phase $\alpha$ in the complex momentum plane for a complex extension of real potentials…
Making use of the analytical properties of the $S$-matrix and a theorem of Mittag-Leffler, model independent non-relativistic expressions for cross sections in single channel elastic scattering, scattering phase shifts and survival…
Most particles in nature are unstable, manifesting as resonances in scattering processes. Using analyticity and unitarity, we show nonperturbatively that resonances, defined as poles on higher Riemann sheets of scattering amplitudes, share…
The motion of l=0 antibound poles of the S-matrix with varying potential strength is calculated in a cutoff Woods-Saxon (WS) potential and in the Salamon-Vertse (SV) potential, which goes to zero smoothly at a finite distance. The pole…
We establish the analytic structure of the S-matrix in the complex-frequency plane for classical wave scattering on a Schwarzschild background in four space-time dimensions. Our argument relies on the analytic continuation of the…
For cutoff potentials, a condition which is not a limitation for the calculation of physical systems, the S-matrix is meromorphic. We can express it in terms of its poles, and then calculate the quantum mechanical second virial coefficient…
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The Early Years. 2.1 Living Without Field Theory. 2.2 Initial Postulates. 2.3 Further Postulates. 2.4 QCD and a Final Postulate. 2.5 Analyticity in Field Theory. 3. Axiomatic S-Matrix Theory. 3.1 Unitarity,…
You might've heard about various mathematical properties of scattering amplitudes such as analyticity, sheets, branch cuts, discontinuities, etc. What does it all mean? In these lectures, we'll take a guided tour through simple scattering…
We analyze the complex analytic properties of Classical (tree-level) S-matrices for four scalar particles with s-t crossing symmetry, involving an infinite number of exchanges. Under suitable analytic conditions, we demonstrate that such…
Using a generalized T-matrix description which, in principle, exactly includes Coulomb correlations and potential scattering events, resonant and bound impurity states are discussed. Like in the non-interacting case, the effects of the…
Assuming the validity of random matrices for describing the statistics of a closed chaotic quantum system, we study analytically some statistical properties of the S-matrix characterizing scattering in its open counterpart. In the first…
The S-matrix in the static limit of a dispersion relation has a finite order N and is a matrix of meromorfic functions of energy in the complex plane with cuts. In the elastic case it reduces to N functions connected by the crossing…
The S-matrix bootstrap is extended to a 1+1d theory with $O(N)$ symmetry and a boundary in what we call the R-matrix bootstrap since the quantity of interest is the reflection matrix (R-matrix). Given a bulk S-matrix, the space of allowed…
We study the $2\rightarrow2$ $S$-matrix element of a generic, gapped and Lorentz invariant QFT in $d=1+1$ space time dimensions. We derive an analytical bound on the coupling of the asymptotic states to unstable particles (a.k.a.…
The analytic structure of the flat-space S-matrix provides non-perturbative constraints on low-energy effective field theories based on the properties of high-energy theory. While the analytic structure of the flat-space S-matrix is well…
We formulate simple graphical rules which allow explicit calculation of nonperturbative $c=1$ $S$-matrices. This allows us to investigate the constraint of nonperturbative unitarity, which indeed rules out some theories. Nevertheless, we…