학술논문

Sommerfeld enhancement: general results from field theory diagrams
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Source
JHEP 0905:024,2009
Subject
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Theory
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Abstract
Assuming that two incoming annihilating particles interact by a generally massive attractive vector potential,we find, by taking the non-relativistic limit of the field theory ladder diagrams, that the complete annihilation amplitude A is equal to: the convolution of a solution of the Schroedinger equation (including the vector potential) with the Fourier transform of the bare (i.e. ignoring the attraction) annihilation amplitude A0. The main novelty is that A0 is completely arbitrary. In particular for a massless vector potential we find for the l-partial-wave cross-section the Sommerfeld enhancement 2pi/(l!)^2 (alpha/ v)^{2l+1} (v relative velocity), e.g. for the P wave the enhancement 2pi(alpha/ v)^3.
Comment: published version, it contains also the material of 0903.0317