Published November 15, 1973 | Version v1
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Source theory and unitarity: a causal viewpoint

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024

Description

A source-theoretical formulation of multiparticle-exchange processes which lead to single-spectral forms for vertex functions is provided. Based upon the principles of causality and space-time uniformity, generalized unitarity relations are derived using the "time-cycle" transformation through Euclidean space. This provides a general solution to the so-called "overlap" problem. The connection between the action principle and single-particle exchange is discussed.

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DOI
10.1103/physrevd.8.3434;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
3434-3445
ISSN
0556-2821

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
5123819
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CAUSALITY; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; MULTIPERIPHERAL MODEL; SCHWINGER SOURCE THEORY; SPACE-TIME; SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS; UNITARITY; VERTEX FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS

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