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We detail the properties of the Veneziano, Virasoro, and Coon amplitudes. These tree-level four-point scattering amplitudes may be written as infinite products with an infinite sequence of simple poles. Our approach for the Coon amplitude uses the mathematical theory of q-analysis. We interpret the Coon amplitude as a q-deformation of the Veneziano amplitude for all q ≥ 0 and discover a new transcendental structure in its low-energy expansion. We show that there is no analogous q-deformation of the Virasoro amplitude.
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Geiser, N., Lindwasser, L.W. Properties of infinite product amplitudes: Veneziano, Virasoro, and Coon. J. High Energ. Phys. 2022, 112 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2022)112
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