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arxiv: 0709.3935 · v1 · submitted 2007-09-25 · ✦ hep-ph

Infrared Divergences from Soft and Collinear Gauge Bosons

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords collineardivergencesgaugelee-nauenberglevelsoftapproachassumptions
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I review the Lee-Nauenberg thereom and discuss its inclusion of photons which are disconnected at the level of the S-matrix but connected at the level of the cross-section when there are initial and final state charged particles. I then expose a new set of soft collinear divergences in massless gauge theories which are omitted in the standard Lee-Nauenberg approach. It seems that highly questionable assumptions are needed to obtain finite cross-sections.

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