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Amplitudes and the Riemann Zeta Function

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-12-09 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Physical properties of scattering amplitudes are mapped to the Riemann zeta function. Specifically, a closed-form amplitude is constructed, describing the tree-level exchange of a tower with masses mn2=μn2m_n^2 = \mu_n^2, where ζ(12±iμn)=0\zeta\left(\frac{1}{2} \pm i\mu_n\right) = 0. Requiring real masses corresponds to the Riemann hypothesis, locality of the amplitude to meromorphicity of the zeta function, and universal coupling between massive and massless states to simplicity of the zeros of ζ\zeta. Unitarity bounds from dispersion relations for the forward amplitude translate to positivity of the odd moments of the sequence of 1/μn21/\mu_n^2.

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@article{arxiv.2108.07820,
  title  = {Amplitudes and the Riemann Zeta Function},
  author = {Grant N. Remmen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.07820},
  year   = {2021}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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