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Title: Scattering of composite particles in a gauge theory with confinement

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (USA)
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  1. Departement de Physique, Universite Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4 (CA)

In order to model positronium-positronium scattering in QED or meson-meson scattering in QCD, we consider QED{sub 1+1}, which is a gauge theory and confines single fermions. We present first numerical results of a lattice calculation on scattering of two composite particles. The composite particles are taken as neutral, fermion-antifermion, lowest-mass eigenstates of the Hamiltonian. We use the light-cone momentum representation on a lattice and employ a nonperturbative time-dependent method to compute the {ital S} matrix.

OSTI ID:
5467843
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (USA), Vol. 63:8; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English