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Positivity of the real part of the forward scattering amplitude

André Martin and Tai Tsun Wu
Phys. Rev. D 97, 014011 – Published 23 January 2018

Abstract

We prove the general theorem that the real part of the crossing even forward two-body scattering amplitude is positive at sufficiently high energies if, above a certain energy, the total cross section increases monotonically to infinity at infinite energy.

  • Received 5 September 2017
  • Corrected 26 January 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.014011

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.

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Particles & Fields

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26 January 2018

Corrections: The license statement “Funded by SCOAP3” was missing on the first page of the article and has been inserted.

Authors & Affiliations

André Martin*

  • CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

Tai Tsun Wu

  • Gordon McKay Laboratory, Harvard University, 02138 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • *Corresponding author. andre.martin@cern.ch

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Vol. 97, Iss. 1 — 1 January 2018

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