Variables Used in Elastic Scattering

Lorentz Invariant Quantities

Total 4-Momentums

As was shown earlier the scalar product of a 4-Momentum vector with itself ,

[math]{\mathbf P_1}\cdot {\mathbf P^1}=E_1E_1-\vec p_1\cdot \vec p_1 =m_{1}^2=s[/math]

,

and the length of a 4-Momentum vector composed of 4-Momentum vectors,

[math]{\mathbf P^2}=({\mathbf P_1}+{\mathbf P_2})^2=(E_1+E_2)^2-(\vec p_1 +\vec p_2 )^2=(m_1+m_2)^2=s[/math]

,

are invariant quantities.

It was further shown that

[math]{\mathbf P^*}^2={\mathbf P}^2[/math]

where [math]{\mathbf P^*}=({\mathbf P_1^*}+{\mathbf P_2^*})^2[/math] represents the 4-Momentum Vector in the CM frame

and [math]{\mathbf P}=({\mathbf P_1}+{\mathbf P_2})^2[/math] represents the 4-Momentum Vector in the initial Lab frame

which can be expanded to

[math]{\mathbf P^*}^2={\mathbf P}^2={\mathbf P^'}^2[/math]

where [math]{\mathbf P^'}=({\mathbf P_1^'}+{\mathbf P_2^'})^2[/math] represents the 4-Momentum Vector in the final Lab frame

New 4-Momentum Quantities

Working in just the Lab frame, we can form new

[math]{\mathbf P_1}- {\mathbf P_1^'}= \left( \begin{matrix}E_1-E_1'\\ p_{1(x)}-p_{1(x)}^' \\ p_{1(y)}-p_{1(y)}^' \\ p_{1(z)}-p_{1(z)}^'\end{matrix} \right)={\mathbf P_a}[/math]

[math]{\mathbf P_1}- {\mathbf P_2^'}= \left( \begin{matrix}E_1-E_2'\\ p_{1(x)}-p_{2(x)}^' \\ p_{1(y)}-p_{2(y)}^' \\ p_{1(z)}-p_{2(z)}^'\end{matrix} \right)={\mathbf P_b}[/math]

[math]{\mathbf P_2}- {\mathbf P_1^'}= \left( \begin{matrix}E_2-E_1'\\ p_{2(x)}-p_{1(x)}^' \\ p_{2(y)}-p_{1(y)}^' \\ p_{2(z)}-p_{1(z)}^'\end{matrix} \right)={\mathbf P_c}[/math]

[math]{\mathbf P_2}- {\mathbf P_2^'}= \left( \begin{matrix}E_2-E_2'\\ p_{2(x)}-p_{2(x)}^' \\ p_{2(y)}-p_{2(y)}^' \\ p_{2(z)}-p_{2(z)}^'\end{matrix} \right)={\mathbf P_d}[/math]

[math]{\mathbf P_1}- {\mathbf P_1^'}= \left( \begin{matrix}E_1-E_1'\\ p_{1(x)}-p_{1(x)}^' \\ p_{1(y)}-p_{1(y)}^' \\ p_{1(z)}-p_{1(z)}^'\end{matrix} \right)={\mathbf P_a}[/math]

[math]{\mathbf P_1}- {\mathbf P_1^'}= \left( \begin{matrix}E_1-E_1'\\ p_{1(x)}-p_{1(x)}^' \\ p_{1(y)}-p_{1(y)}^' \\ p_{1(z)}-p_{1(z)}^'\end{matrix} \right)={\mathbf P_a}[/math]

Mandelstam Representation