Published August 15, 1995
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Journal article
Wave packet dynamics in Yang-Mills theory
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0305 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (United States)
- 3. Sloane Physics Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 (United States)
- 4. The Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
Description
We discuss the results of numerical simulations of colliding wave packets in SU(2) Yang-Mills theory. We investigate their behavior as a function of amplitude and momentum distribution. We find regions in our parameter space in which initial wave packets scatter into final configurations with dramatically different momentum distributions. These results constitute new classical trajectories with multiparticle boundary conditions. We explain their relevance for the calculation of scattering amplitudes in the semiclassical approximation. Finally, we give directions for future work
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 52
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2402-2411.
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27009309
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DYNAMICS; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; SIMULATION; SU-2 GROUPS; WAVE PACKETS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLITUDES; LIE GROUPS; MECHANICS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS