Analytic properties of different unitarization schemes

Abstract

The analytic properties of the eikonal and U-matrix unitarization schemes are examined. It is shown that the basic properties of these schemes are identical. Both can fill the full circle of unitarity, and both can lead to standard and non-standard asymptotic relations for the ratio of the elastic cross section to the total cross section. The relation between the phases of the unitarized amplitudes in each scheme is examined, and it is shown that demanding equivalence of the two schemes leads to a bound on the phase in the U-matrix scheme.

Presented at the Advanced Studies Institute "SYMMETRIES AND SPIN", Prague, Czech Republic, July 8 - July 14, 2007. In version 2 figures are updated, a few typos are fixed, and a brief discussion on the real part is included