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The Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule and the infinite-momentum limit

R. Pantfoerder, H. Rollnik, W. Pfeil

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9703368

Abstract

We study the current-algebra approach to the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule, paying particular attention to the infinite-momentum limit. Employing the order-alpha2 Weinberg-Salam model of weak interactions as a testing ground, we find that the legitimacy of the infinite-momentum limit is intimately connected with the validity of the naive equal-times algebra of electric charge densities. Our results considerably reduce the reliability of a recently proposed modification of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule, originating from an anomalous charge-density algebra.

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