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Coulomb Phase Gluon Scattering at Strong Coupling

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-06-19 v2

Abstract

We calculate corrections to gluon scattering amplitudes in a Coulomb phase using gauge/string duality. The Coulomb phase considered is a maximal rank breaking of SU(n1+n2)SU(n1)×SU(n2)×U(1)SU(n_1+n_2)\to SU(n_1)\times SU(n_2) \times U(1). This problem therefore has 3 scales involved: 1) the scale of the massive fields MWM_W arising from the spontaneous breaking of the gauge group; 2) The scale of the scattering, characterized by the Mandelstam variables s,t,us,t,u; 3) The IR regulator mIRm_{IR}. We find corrections in the hard scattering limit s,t,umIR2MW2 |s|,|t|,|u|\gg m_{IR}^2 \gg M_W^2, and also find below threshold corrections with MW2s,t,uM_W^2 \gg |s|,|t|,|u|. We find that the corrections in the second case are finite, and so are IR regulator independent.

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@article{arxiv.0810.0028,
  title  = {Coulomb Phase Gluon Scattering at Strong Coupling},
  author = {Benjamin A. Burrington and Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0028},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17+17 pages, 3 figures

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