A rigorous lower bound on the scattering amplitude at large angle
High Energy Physics - Theory
2019-07-03 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We prove a lower bound for the modulus of the amplitude for a two-body process at large scattering angle. This is based on the interplay of the analyticity of the amplitude and the positivity properties of its absorptive part. The assumptions are minimal, namely those of local quantum field theory (in the case when dispersion relations hold). In Appendix A, lower bounds for the forward particle-particle and particle-antiparticle amplitudes are obtained. This is of independent interest.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.00953,
title = {A rigorous lower bound on the scattering amplitude at large angle},
author = {Henri Epstein and André Martin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.00953},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
18 pages, 5 figures; minor corrections