1995/02/28 by C. Hu, C. R. Hu, S. Matinyan +10 · 13 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Amplitude #Boundary (topology) #Classical mechanics #Computer science #Distribution (mathematics) #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Momentum (technical analysis) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Position and momentum space #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Scattering #Semiclassical physics #Space (punctuation) #Wave function #Wave packet #Work (physics) #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.52.2402
published in Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 52(4), 2402-2411 (American Physical Society) · 11 pgs. text, 11 optional figs using PiCTeX and epsf, new version contains improved discussion of scaling properties of results and one additional figure.
arxiv created 1995/03/26 · openalex publication_date 1995/08/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We discuss the results of numerical simulations of colliding wave packets in SU(2) Yang-Mills theory. We investigate their behavior as a function of amplitude and momentum distribution. We find regions in our parameter space in which initial wave packets scatter into final configurations with dramatically different momentum distributions. These results constitute new classical trajectories with multiparticle boundary conditions. We explain their relevance for the calculation of scattering amplitudes in the semiclassical approximation. Finally, we give directions for future work.