A pole of a complex function that arises in the scattering of a particle, relating the angular momentum of the incident particle to the scattering amplitude.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Physical Review Letters.
Definition of Regge pole in US English:
Regge pole
noun
Particle Physics
A pole of a complex function that arises in the scattering of a particle, relating the angular momentum of the incident particle to the scattering amplitude.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Physical Review Letters.