High-Energy Elastic Scattering in Quantum Electrodynamics
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
13
Pages
666-&
Date Issued
1969
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Abstract
We have examined all two-body, elastic-scattering amplitudes in quantum electrodynamics. Aside from the photon-pole contribution, the amplitude for any elastic process is imaginary and proportional to s in the limit s→ with t held finite. The coefficients of s, to the lowest nonvanishing orders of e, can be expressed simply in terms of "impact factors." The results contradict both the Regge-pole model and the droplet model in their most straightforward interpretations. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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