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Two-Fermion Bethe–Salpeter Equation in Minkowski Space: The Nakanishi Way

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The possibility of solving the Bethe–Salpeter equation in Minkowski space, even for fermionic systems, is becoming actual, through the applications of well-known tools: (1) the Nakanishi integral representation of the Bethe–Salpeter amplitude and (2) the light-front projection onto the null-plane. The theoretical background and some preliminary calculations are illustrated, in order to show the potentiality and the wide range of application of the method.

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  1. INFN, Sezione di Roma, Rome, Italy

    Giovanni Salmè

  2. Departamento de Física, ITA, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Wayne de Paula & Tobias Frederico

  3. INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Michele Viviani

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Salmè, G., de Paula, W., Frederico, T. et al. Two-Fermion Bethe–Salpeter Equation in Minkowski Space: The Nakanishi Way. Few-Body Syst 58, 118 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-017-1286-2

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