Partial wave decomposition is one of the main tools within the modern S-matrix studies. We present a method to compute partial waves for 2 → 2 scattering of spinning particles in arbitrary spacetime dimension. We identify partial waves as matrix elements of the rotation group with definite covariance properties under a subgroup. This allows to use a variety of techniques from harmonic analysis in order to construct a novel algebra of weight-shifting operators. All spinning partial waves are generated by the action of these operators on a set of known scalar seeds. The text is accompanied by a Mathematica notebook to automatically generate partial waves. These results pave the way to a systematic studies of spinning S-matrix bootstrap and positivity bounds.
Spinning partial waves for scattering amplitudes in d dimensions
Buric, Ilija
;Russo, Francesco
;Vichi, Alessandro
2023-01-01
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Partial wave decomposition is one of the main tools within the modern S-matrix studies. We present a method to compute partial waves for 2 → 2 scattering of spinning particles in arbitrary spacetime dimension. We identify partial waves as matrix elements of the rotation group with definite covariance properties under a subgroup. This allows to use a variety of techniques from harmonic analysis in order to construct a novel algebra of weight-shifting operators. All spinning partial waves are generated by the action of these operators on a set of known scalar seeds. The text is accompanied by a Mathematica notebook to automatically generate partial waves. These results pave the way to a systematic studies of spinning S-matrix bootstrap and positivity bounds.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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