The Froissart--Martin Bound for ππ Scattering in QCD

David Greynat (1) , Eduardo de Rafael (2, 3)

1 LAPTH - Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique
2 CPT - E1 Physique des particules
3 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332

The Froissart--Martin bound for total ππ scattering cross sections is reconsidered in the light of QCD properties such as spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and the counting rules for a large number of colours $\Nc$.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Phénoménologie [hep-ph]; Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie [hep-th]

David Greynat, Eduardo de Rafael. The Froissart--Martin Bound for ππ Scattering in QCD. Physical Review D, 2013, 88, pp.034015. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevD.88.034015⟩. ⟨hal-00957931⟩