Scattering amplitudes abandoning virtual particles
M. Maniatis
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M. Maniatis
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We emphasize that scattering amplitudes of a wide class of models to any order in the coupling are constructible by on-shell tree subamplitudes. This follows from the Feynman-tree theorem combined with BCFW on-shell recursion relations. In contrast to the usual Feynman diagrams, no virtual particles appear.
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We emphasize that scattering amplitudes of a wide class of models to any order in the coupling are constructible by on-shell tree subamplitudes. This follows from the Feynman-tree theorem combined with BCFW on-shell recursion relations. In contrast to the usual Feynman diagrams, no virtual particles appear.
Key concepts: Feynman diagram, Scattering amplitude, Recursion (computer science), Scattering, Physics, Amplitude, Tree (set theory), Coupling (piping)