Virtual Compton scattering off spin-zero particles at low energies

Details Virtual Compton scattering off spin-zero particles at low energies Virtual Compton scattering off spin-zero particles at low energies

1996-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9607056v1

Few Body Syst. 23 (1998) 111-126

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

15 pages, LaTeX, using revtex

Scientific paper

10.1007/s006010050067

We discuss the low-energy behavior of the virtual Compton scattering amplitude off a spin-zero target. We first compare various methods of obtaining a low-energy expression based either on the soft-photon approximation or the use of Ward-Takahashi identities. We point out that structure-dependent terms are defined with respect to a low-energy approximation of the pole terms which commonly is separated from the full amplitude. We derive a general expression for the structure-dependent terms in an expansion in terms of the momenta $k_1$ and $k_2$ of the initial and final virtual photon, respectively, up to and including terms of order ${\cal O}(k^4)$. At order ${\cal O}(k^2)$ two terms appear which are related to the usual electric and magnetic polarizabilities of real Compton scattering. At order ${\cal O}(k^4)$ we find nine new structures of which five can only be determined using virtual photons.

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