Positivity and geometric function theory constraints on pion scattering

This paper presents the fascinating correspondence between the geometric function theory and the scattering amplitudes with O(N) global symmetry. A crucial ingredient to show such correspondence is a fully crossing symmetric dispersion relation in the z-variable, rather than the fixed channel dispersion relation. We have written down fully crossing symmetric dispersion relation for O(N) model in z-variable for three independent combinations of isospin amplitudes. We have presented three independent sum rules or locality constraints for the O(N) model arising from the fully crossing symmetric dispersion relations. We have derived three sets of positivity conditions. We have obtained two-sided bounds on Taylor coefficients of physical Pion amplitudes around the crossing symmetric point (for example, π+π−→ π0π0) applying the positivity conditions and the Bieberbach-Rogosinski inequalities from geometric function theory.

Two-particle scattering from finite-volume quantization conditions using the plane wave basis

We propose an alternative approach to Lüscher’s formula for extracting two-body scattering phase shifts from finite volume spectra with no reliance on the partial wave expansion. We use an effective-field-theory-based Hamiltonian method in the plane wave basis and decompose the corresponding matrix elements of operators into irreducible representations of the relevant point groups. The proposed approach allows one to benefit from the knowledge of the long-range interaction and avoids complications from partial wave mixing in a finite volume. We consider spin-singlet channels in the two-nucleon system and pion-pion scattering in the ρ-meson channel in the rest and moving frames to illustrate the method for non-relativistic and relativistic systems, respectively. For the two-nucleon system, the long-range interaction due to the one-pion exchange is found to make the single-channel Lüscher formula unreliable at the physical pion mass. For S-wave dominated states, the single-channel Lüscher method suffers from significant finite-volume artifacts for a L = 3 fm box, but it works well for boxes with L > 5 fm. However, for P-wave dominated states, significant partial wave mixing effects prevent the application of the single-channel Lüscher formula regardless of the box size (except for the near-threshold region). Using a toy model to generate synthetic data for finite-volume energies, we show that our effective-field-theory-based approach in the plane wave basis is capable of a reliable extraction of the phase shifts. For pion-pion scattering, we employ a phenomenological model to fit lattice QCD results at the physical pion mass. The extracted P-wave phase shifts are found to be in a good agreement with the experimental results.

MUSE: The MUon Scattering Experiment

MUSE is a high-precision muon scattering experiment aiming to determine the proton radius. Muon, electron, and pion scattering will be measured at the same time. Two-photon exchange corrections will be determined with data using both beam polarities.

Selection rules for the S-Matrix bootstrap

We examine the space of allowed S-matrices on the Adler zeros' plane using the recently resurrected (numerical) S-matrix bootstrap program for pion scattering. Two physical quantities, an averaged total scattering cross-section, and an averaged entanglement power for the boundary S-matrices, are studied. Emerging linearity in the leading Regge trajectory is correlated with a reduction in both these quantities. We identify two potentially viable regions where the S-matrices give decent agreement with low energy S- and P-wave scattering lengths and have leading Regge trajectory compatible with experiments. We also study the line of minimum averaged total cross section in the Adler zeros' plane. The Lovelace-Shapiro model, which was a precursor to modern string theory, is given by a straight line in the Adler zeros' plane and, quite remarkably, we find that this line intersects the space of allowed S-matrices near both these regions.

Application of a computer algebra systems to the calculation of the \(\pi\pi\)-scattering amplitude

The aim of this work is to develop a set of programs for calculation the scattering amplitudes of the elementary particles, as well as automating the calculation of amplitudes using the appropriate computer algebra systems (Mathematica, Form, Cadabra). The paper considers the process of pion-pion scattering in the framework of the effective Nambu-Iona-Lasinio model with two quark flavours. The Package-X for Mathematica is used to calculate the scattering amplitude (starting with the calculation of Feynman diagrams and ending with the calculation of Feynman integrals in the one-loop approximation). The loop integrals are calculated in general kinematics in Package-X using the Feynman parametrization technique. A simple check of the program is made: for the case with zero temperature, the scattering lengths \(a_0 = 0.147\) and \(a_2 = -0.0475\) are calculated and the total cross section is constructed. The results are compared with other models as well as with experimental data.

Relative entropy in scattering and the S-matrix bootstrap

We consider entanglement measures in 2-2 scattering in quantum field theories, focusing on relative entropy which distinguishes two different density matrices. Relative entropy is investigated in several cases which include \phi^4ϕ4 theory, chiral perturbation theory (\chi PTχPT) describing pion scattering and dilaton scattering in type II superstring theory. We derive a high energy bound on the relative entropy using known bounds on the elastic differential cross-sections in massive QFTs. In \chi PTχPT, relative entropy close to threshold has simple expressions in terms of ratios of scattering lengths. Definite sign properties are found for the relative entropy which are over and above the usual positivity of relative entropy in certain cases. We then turn to the recent numerical investigations of the S-matrix bootstrap in the context of pion scattering. By imposing these sign constraints and the \rhoρ resonance, we find restrictions on the allowed S-matrices. By performing hypothesis testing using relative entropy, we isolate two sets of S-matrices living on the boundary which give scattering lengths comparable to experiments but one of which is far from the 1-loop \chi PTχPT Adler zeros. We perform a preliminary analysis to constrain the allowed space further, using ideas involving positivity inside the extended Mandelstam region, and other quantum information theoretic measures based on entanglement in isospin.

△S=1 Weak Transitions in Skyrme model Generalized up to Quartic Terms

<p>We investigate △S=1 weak transition in the light of most general Skyrme type lagrangian containing terms up to quartic terms in field gradients. The additional parameters in the lagrangian are taken from pion-pion scattering data. Our decay amplitudes for anticommutator term in the Skyrme lagrangian shows much improvement over the Skyrme values. S-wave decay amplitudes are also reasonably reproduced in the model.</p>