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We present a method for efficiently finding solutions of L\"uscher's quantisation condition, the equation which relates two-particle scattering amplitudes to the discrete spectrum of states in a periodic spatial volume of finite extent such…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-07-01 Antoni J. Woss , David J. Wilson , Jozef J. Dudek

The self-force expansion allows the study of deviations from geodesic motion due to the emission of radiation and its consequent back-reaction. We investigate this scheme within the on-shell framework of semiclassical scattering amplitudes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-25 Tim Adamo , Andrea Cristofoli , Anton Ilderton , Sonja Klisch

The post-Minkowskian expansion of Einstein's general theory of relativity has received much attention in recent years due to the possibility of harnessing the computational power of modern amplitude calculations in such a classical context.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-22 N. E. J. Bjerrum-Bohr , P. H. Damgaard , L. Plante , P. Vanhove

We present an overview of recent developments, based on on-shell techniques, in the calculation of multi-parton scattering amplitudes at one loop that are relevant for phenomenological studies at hadron colliders. These new on-shell methods…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-14 Carola F. Berger , Darren Forde

In my PHD thesis I present a method for the off-shell singularity analysis of Feynman amplitudes based on the Speer sector decomposition of the Schwinger parametric integrals combined with the Mellin-Barnes tranform. I apply the method to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-29 Alessandra Repetto

We propose parameterization procedures of the scattering amplitude f_{1+}^{3}(s)) with a view to extracting the pole parameters from data in the elastic region of {\pi}N scattering. This is achieved by considering the analyticity properties…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-02-19 Mohamed E. Kelabi

We investigate the scattering phenomena in two dimensions produced by a general finite-range nonseparable potential. This situation can appear either in a Cartesian geometry or in a heterostructure with cylindrical symmetry. Increasing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-03 P. N. Racec , E. R. Racec , H. Neidhardt

We present a possible way of computing resonance poles and modes in scattering theory. Numerical examples are given for the scattering of electromagnetic waves by finite-size photonic crystals.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Didier Felbacq

Soft-collinear effective theory (SCET) is used to sum Sudakov double-logarithms in the x ->1 endpoint region for the deep inelastic scattering structure function. The calculations are done in both the target rest frame and the Breit frame.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Aneesh V. Manohar

Theories containing infinite number of higher spin fields require a particular definition of summation over spins consistent with their underlying symmetries. We consider a model of massless scalars interacting (via bilinear conserved…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-22 E. Joung , S. Nakach , A. A. Tseytlin

We consider time-harmonic electromagnetic scattering problems on perfectly conducting scatterers with uncertain shape. Thus, the scattered field will also be uncertain. Based on the knowledge of the two-point correlation of the domain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-15 Jürgen Dölz

A method combining the Lagrange-mesh and the complex Kohn variational methods is developed for computing the $\mathcal{S}$ matrix of a 2$+$1 elastic scattering in the frame of three-body Coulomb systems. Resonance parameters can be obtained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-28 Jean Servais , Jérémy Dohet-Eraly

Splitting amplitudes govern the behavior of scattering amplitudes at the momenta of external legs become collinear. In this talk we outline the calculation of two-loop splitting amplitudes via the unitarity sewing method. This method…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-15 Z. Bern , L. J. Dixon , D. A. Kosower

The study of capillary wave scattering by a circular region with different interfacial properties from the rest of an otherwise homogeneous interface is motivated by experiments on wave attenuation at a monolayer covered air-water interface…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 T. Chou , S. K. Lucas , H. A. Stone

Wave fields obeying the 2D Helmholtz equation on branched surfaces (Sommerfeld surfaces) are studied. Such surfaces appear naturally as a result of applying the reflection method to diffraction problems with straight scatterers bearing…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-02-09 Raphael C. Assier , Andrey V. Shanin

The scattering equation formalism is a general framework for calculation of amplitudes in theories of massless particles. We provide a detailed introduction to the 4D scattering equation framework accessible to non-experts, outline current…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-29 Joseph A. Farrow

We propose a numerical method to approximate the scattering amplitudes for the elasticity system with a non-constant matrix potential in dimensions $d=2$ and $3$. This requires to approximate first the scattering field, for some incident…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-27 Juan A. Barceló , Carlos Castro

We review techniques for more efficient computation of perturbative scattering amplitudes in gauge theory, in particular tree and one-loop multi-parton amplitudes in QCD. We emphasize the advantages of (1) using color and helicity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-02-03 L. Dixon

This thesis is focused on the development of new mathematical methods for computing multi-loop scattering amplitudes in gauge theories. In this work we combine, for the first time, the unitarity-based construction for integrands, and the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-10-21 Ulrich Schubert

Scattering on the energy shell is viewed here as the relation between the bound states of the Hamiltonian, restricted to sections on leads that are asymptotically independent, far away from the interaction region. The decomposition is…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Raul O. Vallejos , Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida