Abstract
Using the formfactors which are entire analytic functions in a momentum space, nonlocality is introduced for a wide class of interaction Lagrangians in the quantum theory of one-component scalar field φ(x). We point out a regularization procedure which possesses the following features:
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The regularizedS δ matrix is defined and there exists the limit
$$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{\delta \to 0} S^\delta = S.$$ -
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The Green positive-frequency functions which determine the operation of multiplication in\(S \cdot S^ + \mathop = \limits_{Df} S \circledast S^ + \) can be also regularized ⊛δ and there exists the limit
$$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{\delta \to 0} \circledast ^\delta = \circledast \equiv .$$ -
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The operator\(J(\delta _1 ,\delta _2 ,\delta _3 ) = S^{\delta _1 } \circledast ^{\delta _2 } S^{\delta _3 + } \) is continuous at the point δ1=δ2=δ3=0.
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$$S^\delta \circledast ^\delta S^{\delta + } \equiv 1at\delta > 0.$$
Consequently, theS-matrix is unitary, i.e.
$$S \circledast S^ + = S \cdot S^ + = 1.$$
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Alebastrov, V.A., Efimov, G.V. A proof of the unitarity ofS-matrix in a nonlocal quantum field theory. Commun.Math. Phys. 31, 1–24 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645588
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