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Tensor decomposition of the transition operator

Тензорное разложение оператора перехода

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

Summary

The properties of the tensor components of the transition operator with respect to an arbitrary compact group are investigated. The principal result is that as a consequence of unitarity the transition operator always has an invariant component whose imaginary part is nonnegative. The connection of this result with the consistency of phenomenological calculations in broken-symmetry models is discussed.

Riassunto

Si studiano le proprietà delle componenti tensoriali dell’operatore di transizione rispetto ad un arbitrario gruppo compatto. Il risultato principale è che, in conseguenza dell’unitarietà, l’operatore di transizione ha sempre una componente invariante la cui parte immaginaria è non negativa. Si discute come questo risultato sia connesso con la consistenza dei calcoli fenomenologici nei modelli di simmetria infranta.

Резюме

Исследуются свойства тензорных компонент оператора перехода по отношению к произвольной компактной группе. Как следствие унитарности, основной результат представляет, что оператор перехода всегда имеет инвариантную компоненту, чья мнимая часть не является отрицательной. Обсуждается связь этого результата с последовательностью феноменологических вычислений в моделях с нарушением симметрии.

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This work was supported in part by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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Kowalski, K.L. Tensor decomposition of the transition operator. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 57, 39–44 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02824433

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