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The influence of negative-energy states on proton-proton bremsstrahlung

F. de Jong, K. Nakayama

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9602035

Abstract

We investigate the effect of negative-energy states on proton-proton bremsstrahlung using a manifestly covariant amplitude based on a T-matrix constructed in a spectator model. We show that there is a large cancellation among the zeroth-order, single- and double-scattering diagrams involving negative-energy nucleonic currents. We thus conclude that it is essential to include all these diagrams when studying effects of negative-energy states.

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