Understanding Particle Poles in Amplitude Expressions: Explained

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This discussion clarifies the relationship between poles in amplitude expressions and the corresponding particles in quantum field theory. The presence of a pole indicates a particle with specific features, such as mass, as derived from the equality of the norm of the four-momentum and the square of the mass in the denominator of the amplitude expression. Changes in parameters that yield new poles signify the existence of particles with different characteristics. The quantized field inherently creates particles with defined masses, although the four-momentum norm may not always align with the physical mass of the particle.

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Gents I have one question:

If I have expresion for amplitude of some process and this amplitude has pole, I say I have particle caryring such features (suppose mass that makes this pole), if I change some parameters in expression for amplitude and if I get another pole, I say in this case there is particle having anothe features. So my question is why poles in expressions correspond to particles?

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Because the field theory describes the dynamics of particles with a mass m. The pole comes from the equality of the norm of the four-momentum and square of the mass in the denominator. The quantised field will only create particles with mass m but the norm norm of the four-momentum of the field at some point doesn't have to be equal to the square of the physical mass of the particle it describes.
 
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