General Method of Constructing Helicity Amplitudes Free from Kinematic Singularities and Zeros

Ling-Lie Chau Wang

Physical Review · 1966 · 259 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

A simple and straightforward method to identify and remove the kinematic singularities of helicity amplitudes is constructed from the Trueman-Wick crossing relations. A set of amplitudes free of all kinematic singularities and zeros is obtained for two-particle \ensuremath{\rightarrow} two-particle reactions of any spins and masses, except that for boson-fermion interactions with general mass assignments there is still a kinematic ${s}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ singularity left in the amplitude.

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