Relativistic Eikonal Expansion

Henry D. I. Abarbanel; Claude Itzykson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.53

Relativistic Eikonal Expansion

Henry D. I. Abarbanel and Claude Itzykson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 53 – Published 7 July 1969

Abstract

A fully relativistic eikonal expansion is discussed. The connection with the high-energy behavior of elastic scattering, especially for quantum electrodynamics, is examined, and the relevance of the results for Regge asymptotic behavior is investigated.

Received 19 May 1969

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.53

Authors & Affiliations

Henry D. I. Abarbanel^*

Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Claude Itzykson^†

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

^*Research sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Air Force, under Contract No. AF49 (638)-1545.
^†On leave from Départment de Physique Théorique, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, 91-Gif-Sur-Yvette, France. Work supported by the National Science Foundation.