Mandelstam variables

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:consistsOf t
u
s
gptkbp:describes kinematics of scattering processes
gptkbp:expressed_in_terms_of four-momenta of particles
gptkbp:heldBy Lorentz invariants
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mandelstam variables
gptkbp:introduced 1958
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Stanley_Mandelstam
gptkbp:s_defined_as (p1 + p2)^2
gptkbp:t_defined_as (p1 - p3)^2
gptkbp:u_defined_as (p1 - p4)^2
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:quantum_field_theory
particle physics
high-energy physics
scattering theory
gptkbp:usedFor analyzing 2-to-2 particle scattering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stanley_Mandelstam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5