The method of the wilsonloop path integral is used to calculate trajectories of the regge poles for q bar q and gluonic states. Hence ff all the particles in strong nterac tion physics are compoite, i. The way in which information about the regge singularities can be deduced from the experimental data, both from the resonance spectrum and from the high energy behaviour of scattering amplitudes is described, and an attempt is made to assess the current state. Buy this book ebook 74,89 price for spain gross buy ebook isbn 9783540359371.
Position of regge poles for attractive fermipotential. This monograph is intended primarily for research students just beginning to concern themselves with particle physics, but more experienced workers will also find much to interest them in this detailed survey of the basic ideas and. Highenergy particle physics is often described as the quest for a fundamental theory. He has taught and conducted research in physics at the indian institute of. It includes, among other articles, boris ioffes and yuri orlovs memoirs on high energy physics in the 1950s, a note by b v geshkenbein on ioffes career in particle physics, and an essay on the discovery of asymptotic freedom written by david gross.
Regge poles of the smatrix and the associated residues, prd 98 2018 064052 a. Regge poles in particle physics springer tracts in modern physics 45 softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. So the regge bootstrap adds the following conditions. An introduction provides information pertinent to particle physics, including symmetries, quantum mechanics, particle kinematics, and wave equations. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. One can think of one theory as being more fundamental than a second theory if the first explains some or all of the predictions of the second in terms of processes at smaller distance scales and higher energies. The regge poles are considered from both t channel and s channel points of view. Regge pole article about regge pole by the free dictionary.
We describe how a helicity amplitude may be represented in terms of its jplane singularities, and the restrictions which can be placed on those singularities. Kaidalov institute of theoretical and experimental physics, b. The first part of the book is historical in nature. Ramamurti rajaraman born 11 march 1939 is an emeritus professor of theoretical physics at the school of physical sciences at jawaharlal nehru university. We describe how a helicity amplitude may be represented in terms of its j plane singularities, and the restrictions which can be placed on those singularities.
Elementary particles of conventional field theory as regge. The properties of regge poles and cuts, and the evaluation of cut contributions, are discussed, and the concept of duality, and the formulation of dual models is. Regge poles and the production of highenergy particles by. This book explains the lorentz transformation, which relates events as seen in two inertial coordinate systems. All the particles in the theory lie on regge trajectories, and the scattering of these particles is by regge theory. He is known principally for his contributions to the bootstrap theory of the strong interactions and for his contribution to the resolution of the infrared divergence problem in quantum. We analyze the tdependence of the trajectories of manyparticle regge poles. Regge showed that the amplitude, aj, for the nonrelativistic scattering of a particle o. The effects of particle spin on the position of the accumulations were. Firstly, it is so far the only successful implementation of the quantum exchange. The regge poles are considered from both tchannel and schannel points of view.
The properties of regge poles and cuts, and the evaluation of cut contributions, are. Evidence for regge poles and hadron collision phenomena at high energies evidence for regge poles and hadron collision phenomena at high energies chiu, c b 19721201 00. It corresponds to an exchange in the tchannel by a state of noninteger spin. Collins p d p and squires e j 1968 regge poles in particle physics. Regge poles and elementary particles 997 theory of collisions of strongly interacting elementary particles was initially due to blankenbecler and goldberger 1962, chew and frautschi 1961, 1962 and gribov 1962a,b.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read particle physics. The method of the wilsonloop path integral is used to calculate trajectories of the regge poles for and gluonic states. Thus experiments of peripheral collision type may be used to test the regge pole hypothesis in particle physics. The simplest example of regge poles is provided by the quantum mechanical treatment. Despite this, the topic of regge theory has largely been abandoned in high energy particle physics.
His considerable contributions to physics include the theory of quantum chromodynamics. Regge theory and particle physics inspire inspire hep. Physics general immediately available upon purchase as print book shipments may be delayed due to the covid19 crisis. Seniors and graduate students involved in the study of physics will find this book extremely useful. The formal solution of 3 can be easily expressed in terms of bessel functions. If exchanged particles in a peripheral collision are regge objects, the crosssection at forward angles will differ in a specific way from what is predicted by the ordinary peripheral model. An introduction provides information pertinent to particle physics, including symmetries, quantum. This condition is the most stringent, because you cant deform a pure regge trajectory by adding a single particle. Regge poles in particle physics, springer tracts in modern physics p. An introduction to regge theory and high energy physics by.
Shown are the poles, corresponding to nearsurface states. Regge poles in particle physics, springer tracts in modern physics. Cambridge core particle physics and nuclear physics an introduction to regge theory and. In quantum physics, regge theory is the study of the analytic properties of scattering as a. Spin effect on the position of regge poles journal.
Regge theory thus serves as a unifying concept drawing together many different features of highenergy physics. A regge trajectory j k2 is also sometimes expressed as j e, or more commonly in terms of the mandelstam variable tas j t. Regge poles have been introduced in particle physics in the beginning of 60 ies 1,2 and up to present time are widely used for description of highenergy interactions of hadrons and nuclei. He was also the cochairman of the international panel on fissile materials and a member of the bulletin of the atomic scientists science and security board. The same pole ip, by taking successively the values 10, 1, 2.
The problem of the pomeron in qcd is discussed in detail. Analysis of regge poles in nonrelativistic quantum. Regge poles are considered fromboth tchannel and schannel points of view. Low department of physics and laboratory of nuclear science, massachusetts institute of technology. Regge pole gives a generalization of a particle exchange in the tchannel. Regge poles in qcd at the frontier of particle physics. Chew and frautschi 7 applied the regge poles theory to investigate the. An introduction to regge theory and high energy physics. Since its introduction into particle physics some fifteen years ago 4,the regge polehypothesis has influenced almost every theory or model of the strong interaction. Regge phenomenology indiana university bloomington. The final chapter deals with strong interaction dynamics as well as introduces regge poles and dispersion relations. Introduction although regge poles were first invented in a study of potential scattering theory, nearly all modern applications have been to the analysis of relativistictwoparticle scattering processes.
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