High-energy scattering amplitudes of Yang-Mills theories in generalized leading-term approximation and eikonal formulas

In this paper, we study the apparent discrepancy between Feynman diagrams and the eikonal formulas, and the apparent paradox between the eikonal formulas and the s-u crossing symmetry. We analyze the generalized leading-term approximation (GLA), which generates the terms of the eikonal formulas from Feynman diagrams. This analysis is done through using the techniques of decomposing diagrammatically the isospin factors (or group-theoretical weights in general) of Feynman diagrams. As a result, we modify the GLA into a generalized complex leading-term approximation. We calculate, with this new formalism, the high-energy limit (s→infinity with t fixed) of the vector-meson--vector-meson elastic amplitude of a Yang-Mills theory with SU(2) symmetry through tenth perturbative order. With this new method, we resolve the apparent discrepancy and paradox mentioned above. This method is generalizable to other non-Abelian gauge theories