Holomorphic Factorization of Superstring Scattering Amplitudes

The holomorphic factorization of the superstring partition function is verified at arbitrary genus. The evaluation of scattering amplitudes and the implications of genus-dependent estimates on the string coupling are given.     

Superstring Scattering Amplitudes in Higher Genus

In this paper we continue the program pioneered by D’Hoker and Phong, and recently advanced by Cacciatori, Dalla Piazza, and van Geemen, of finding the chiral superstring measure by constructing modular forms satisfying certain factorization constraints. We give new expressions for their proposed ansätze in genera 2 and 3, respectively, which admit a straightforward generalization. We then propose an ansatz in genus 4 and verify that it satisfies the factorization constraints and gives a vanishing cosmological constant. We further conjecture a possible formula for the superstring amplitudes in any genus, subject to the condition that certain modular forms admit holomorphic roots.     

Nonperturbative, Unitary Quantum-Particle Scattering Amplitudes from Three-Particle Equations

We here use our nonperturbative, cluster decomposable relativistic scattering formalism to calculate photon–spinor scattering, including the related particle–antiparticle annihilation amplitude. We start from a three-body system in which the unitary pair interactions contain the kinematic possibility of single quantum exchange and the symmetry properties needed to identify and substitute antiparticles for particles. We extract from it a unitary two-particle amplitude for quantum–particle scattering. We verify that we have done this correctly by showing that our calculated photon–spinor amplitude reduces in the weak coupling limit to the usual lowest order, manifestly covariant (QED) result with the correct normalization. That we are able to successfully do this directly demonstrates that renormalizability need not be a fundamental requirement for all physically viable models.     

Invariant Spinors and their Use for Expansions of Scattering Amplitudes

A general covariant scheme is proposed for the kinematical analysis of arbitrary reactions. By this scheme the problem of finding invariant amplitudes and corresponding kinematical covariants can be solved systematically. The amplitudes are labelled by two invariant indices for each particle related to spin and parity. The method provides a tool for exploiting the symmetries of the M-function, including crossing symmetry and the Pauli principle. Amplitudes free from kinematical singularities can easily be constructed.     

The Vanishing of Two-Point Functions for Three-Loop Superstring Scattering Amplitudes

In this paper we show that the two-point function for the three-loop chiral superstring measure ansatz proposed by Cacciatori, Dalla Piazza, and van Geemen [2] vanishes. Our proof uses the reformulation of the ansatz given in [8], theta functions, and specifically the theory of the Γ₀₀ linear system, introduced by van Geemen and van der Geer [6], on Jacobians. At the two-loop level, where the amplitudes were computed by D’Hoker and Phong [11–14, 17, 18], we give a new proof of the vanishing of the two-point function (which was proven by them). We also discuss the possible approaches to proving the vanishing of the two-point function for the proposed ansatz in higher genera [3, 8, 25].     

Scattering Amplitudes Interpolating Between Instant Form and Front Form of Relativistic Dynamics

Among the three forms of relativistic Hamiltonian dynamics proposed by Dirac in 1949, the front form has the largest number of kinematic generators. This distinction provides useful consequences in the analysis of physical observables in hadron physics. Using the method of interpolation between the instant form and the front form, we introduce the interpolating scattering amplitude that links the corresponding time-ordered amplitudes between the two forms of dynamics and provide the physical meaning of the kinematic transformations as they allow the invariance of each individual time-ordered amplitude for an arbitrary interpolation angle. We discuss the rationale for using front form dynamics, nowadays known as light-front dynamics (LFD), and present a few explicit examples of hadron phenomenology that LFD uniquely can offer from first-principles quantum chromodynamics. In particular, model-independent constraints are provided for the analyses of deuteron form factors and the N Δ transition form factors at large momentum transfer squared Q ². The swap of helicity amplitudes between the collinear and non-collinear kinematics is also discussed in deeply virtual Compton scattering.     

Improvement of Multichannel Amplitudes for the Pion-Pion Scattering Using the Dispersion Relations

The multichannel S- and P-wave amplitudes for the ππ scattering, constructed requiring analyticity and unitarity of the S-matrix and using the uniformization procedure, are elaborated using the dispersion relations with imposed crossing symmetry condition. The amplitudes are modified in the low-energy region to improve their consistency with experimental data and the dispersion relations. Agreement with data is achieved for both amplitudes from the threshold up to 1.8 GeV and with dispersion relations up to 1.1 GeV. Consequences of the applied modifications, e.g. changes of the S-wave lowest-pole positions, are presented.     

Conservation Laws and Non-Lie Symmetries for Linear PDEs

Abstract

We introduce a method to construct conservation laws for a large class of linear partial differential equations. In contrast to the classical result of Noether, the conserved currents are generated by any symmetry of the operator, including those of the non-Lie type. An explicit example is made of the Dirac equation were we use our construction to find a class of conservation laws associated with a 64 dimensional Lie algebra of discrete symmetries that includes CPT.     

An Infrared-Finite Algorithm for Rayleigh Scattering Amplitudes,and Bohr's Frequency Condition

In this paper, we rigorously justify Bohr’s frequency condition in atomic spectroscopy. Moreover, we construct an algorithm enabling us to calculate the transition amplitudes for Rayleigh scattering of light at an atom, up to a remainder term of arbitrarily high order in the finestructure constant. Our algorithm is constructive and circumvents the infrared divergences that invalidate standard perturbation theory.     

Mean Amplitudes of Vibration for Some Linear Gold(I) Complexes

Recently, Braunstein and Clark¹ described the synthesis and vibrational spectra of complexes containing the AuCl₂, AuBr² and AuI₂ ions. In order to obtain a deeper insight into the vibrational properties of these anions it seems interesting to calculate, using the available spectroscopic data, values for the mean amplitudes of vibration and some related quantities.     

Symmetry-Protected Scattering in Non-Hermitian Linear Systems

Symmetry plays fundamental role in physics and the nature of symmetry changes in non-Hermitian physics.Here the symmetry-protected scattering in non-Hermitian linear systems is investigated by employing the discrete symmetries that classify the random matrices.The even-parity symmetries impose strict constraints on the scattering coefficients:the time-reversal(C and K) symmetries protect the symmetric transmission or reflection;the pseudo-Hermiticity(Q symmetry) or the inversion(P) symmetry protects the symmetric transmission and reflection.For the inversion-combined time-reversal symmetries,the symmetric features on the transmission and reflection interchange.The odd-parity symmetries including the particle-hole symmetry,chiral symmetry,and sublattice symmetry cannot ensure the scattering to be symmetric.These guiding principles are valid for both Hermitian and non-Hermitian linear systems.Our findings provide fundamental insights into symmetry and scattering ranging from condensed matter physics to quantum physics and optics.     

Experimental Knowledge of the Real Parts of the K±p Forward Scattering Amplitudes

A compilation of experimentally determined values of the real parts of the K^±p forward scattering amplitudes is given in a form in which these data may be used directly in analyses of forward dispersion relations. The methods of determining these real parts from experimental data are briefly reviewed and a survey of K^±p low-energy parametrizations and phase shift analyses is given. A summary is given of the theoretical determinations of the real parts.     

Review of AdS/CFT Integrability,Chapter V.3: Scattering Amplitudes at Strong Coupling

Letters in Mathematical Physics - We review the computation of scattering amplitudes of planar maximally super-symmetric Yang–Mills at strong coupling. By using the AdS/CFT duality the...     

ππ Scattering Amplitudes that Satisfy Inelastic Unitarity Constraints

We construct amplitudes which are represented by a Mandelstam representation with a finite number of subtractions and that satisfy ππ crossing symmetry and the unitarity constraints Im f_l^I(s) ≧|f_l^I (s)|², l=0, 1, 2,…, for all energies above threshold s > 4, in the three isospin channels I=0, 1, 2. The following types of solutions are derived.

• 1 The amplitudes have a positive double spectral function ϱ(s, t) ≧ 0. The total cross section decreases like σ_T(s) ∼ (log s)^-δ for arbitrary δ ≧ 1, including the limiting case δ=1.
• 2 The amplitudes are dominated by Regge poles, the total cross section can reach a constant asymptotic value, σ_T(s) → const.
• 3 The amplitudes are dominated by Regge cuts, the total cross section can increase logarithmically σ_T(s) → log s.

     

Review of AdS/CFT Integrability,Chapter V.1: Scattering Amplitudes: A Brief Introduction

Letters in Mathematical Physics - We review current efficient techniques for the construction of multi-leg and multi-loop on-shell scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge theories. Examples...     

Semiclassical Symmetries

Essential properties of semiclassical approximation for quantum mechanics are viewed as axioms of an abstract semiclassical mechanics. Its symmetry properties are discussed. Semiclassical systems being invariant under Lie groups are considered. An infinitesimal analog of group relation is written. Sufficient conditions for reconstructing semiclassical group transformations (integrability of representation of Lie algebra) are discussed. The obtained results may be used for mathematical proof of Poincare invariance of semiclassical Hamiltonian field theory and for investigation of quantum anomalies.