Abstract
We study the role of multi-instanton configurations in the multiparticle production at high energies in the standard model. A critical point s∞ is found where one, two, three, etc. instanton-anti-instanton pairs give comparable contributions to the total cross section. For energies above this point the instanton approximation collapses. It is found that at the critical point the total cross section is still exponentially small.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 177-190 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics, Section B |
Volume | 371 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2 1992 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful to V. Chernyak, M. Marinov and A. Vainshtein for useful discussions. It is a pleasure to thank L. Glazman who draw our attention to ref. \[29\].The work of M.M. was supported by a grant from Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN).
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