Physics of the analytic S-matrix

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSREP.2023.10.006MaRDI QIDQ6150280zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Sebastian Mizera

Publication date 6 February 2024

Published in Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.05395

zbMATH Keywords

analyticitybootstrapcausalitycrossing symmetryeffective field theorylocalitypotential scatteringquantum field theoryquantum mechanicsS-matrixscattering amplitudesunitarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX) Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

Abstract: You might've heard about various mathematical properties of scattering amplitudes such as analyticity, sheets, branch cuts, discontinuities, etc. What does it all mean? In these lectures, we'll take a guided tour through simple scattering problems that will allow us to directly trace such properties back to physics. We'll learn how different analytic features of the S-matrix are really consequences of causality, locality of interactions, unitary propagation, and so on. These notes are based on a series of lectures given in Spring 2023 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Higgs Centre School of Theoretical Physics in Edinburgh.

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