In
particle physics
Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of Elementary particle, fundamental particles and fundamental interaction, forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the s ...
the Froissart bound, or Froissart limit, is a generic constraint that the total
scattering cross section
In physics, the cross section is a measure of the probability that a specific process will take place in a collision of two particles. For example, the Rutherford cross-section is a measure of probability that an alpha particle will be deflect ...
of two colliding high-energy particles cannot increase faster than
, with ''c'' a normalization constant and ''s'' the square of the center-of-mass energy (''s'' is one of the three
Mandelstam variables
In theoretical physics, the Mandelstam variables are numerical quantities that encode the energy
Energy () is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is transferred to a physical body, body or to a physical ...
).
See also
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''S''-matrix theory
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Regge theory
Further reading
The Froissart bound on scholarpedia, by M. Froissart
References
Scattering theory
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