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In quantum field theory, the LSZ reduction formula is a method to calculate S-matrix elements (the scattering amplitudes) from the time-ordered correlation functions of a quantum field theory. It is a step of the path that starts from the Lagrangian of some quantum field theory and leads to prediction of measurable quantities. It is named after the three German physicists Harry Lehmann, Kurt Symanzik and Wolfhart Zimmermann. Although the LSZ reduction formula cannot handle bound states, massless particles and topological solitons, it can be generalized to cover bound states, by use of composite fields which are often nonlocal. Furthermore, the method, or variants thereof, have turned out to be also fruitful in other fields of theoretical physics. For example in statistical physics they can be used to get a particularly general formulation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. ==In and out fields== S-matrix elements are amplitudes of transitions between ''in'' states and ''out'' states. An ''in'' state describes the state of a system of particles which, in a far away past, before interacting, were moving freely with definite momenta and, conversely, an ''out'' state describes the state of a system of particles which, long after interaction, will be moving freely with definite momenta ''In'' and ''out'' states are states in Heisenberg picture so they should not be thought to describe particles at a definite time, but rather to describe the system of particles in its entire evolution, so that the S-matrix element: : is the probability amplitude for a set of particles which were prepared with definite momenta to interact and be measured later as a new set of particles with momenta The easy way to build ''in'' and ''out'' states is to seek appropriate field operators that provide the right creation and annihilation operators. These fields are called respectively ''in'' and ''out'' fields. Just to fix ideas, suppose we deal with a Klein–Gordon field that interacts in some way which doesn't concern us: : may contain a self interaction or interaction with other fields, like a Yukawa interaction . From this Lagrangian, using Euler–Lagrange equations, the equation of motion follows: : where, if We may expect the ''in'' field to resemble the asymptotic behaviour of the free field as , making the assumption that in the far away past interaction described by the current is negligible, as particles are far from each other. This hypothesis is named the adiabatic hypothesis. However self interaction never fades away and, besides many other effects, it causes a difference between the Lagrangian mass and the physical mass of the boson. This fact must be taken into account by rewriting the equation of motion as follows: : This equation can be solved formally using the retarded Green's function of the Klein–Gordon operator : : allowing us to split interaction from asymptotic behaviour. The solution is: : and hence is a free field which describes an incoming unperturbed wave, while the last term of the solution gives the perturbation of the wave due to interaction. The field is indeed the ''in'' field we were seeking, as it describes the asymptotic behaviour of the interacting field as , though this statement will be made more precise later. It is a free scalar field so it can be expanded in flat waves: : where: : The inverse function for the coefficients in terms of the field can be easily obtained and put in the elegant form: : The Fourier coefficients satisfy the algebra of creation and annihilation operators: : and they can be used to build ''in'' states in the usual way: : The relation between the interacting field and the ''in'' field is not very simple to use, and the presence of the retarded Green's function tempts us to write something like: : implicitly making the assumption that all interactions become negligible when particles are far away from each other. Yet the current contains also self interactions like those producing the mass shift from to . These interactions do not fade away as particles drift apart, so much care must be used in establishing asymptotic relations between the interacting field and the ''in'' field. The correct prescription, as developed by Lehmann, Symanzik and Zimmermann, requires two normalizable states and , and a normalizable solution of the Klein–Gordon equation . With these pieces one can state a correct and useful but very weak asymptotic relation: : 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「LSZ reduction formula」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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