# On the massless tree-level S-matrix in 2d sigma models

@article{Hoare2019OnTM,
title={On the massless tree-level S-matrix in 2d sigma models},
author={Ben Hoare and Nat Levine and Arkady A. Tseytlin},
journal={Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical},
year={2019},
volume={52}
}
• Published 6 December 2018
• Physics
• Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Motivated by the search for new integrable string models, we study the properties of massless tree-level S-matrices for 2d -models expanded near the trivial vacuum. We find that, in contrast to the standard massive case, there is no apparent link between massless S-matrices and integrability: in well-known integrable models the tree-level massless S-matrix fails to factorize and exhibits particle production. Such tree-level particle production is found in several classically integrable models…
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