Given the amplitude for a particular process, it may be possible to obtain the amplitude for another similar process by a so called crossing symmetry. I know there is a s↔u crossing symmetry between the tree level diagrams appearing in Bhabha (e+e−→e+e−) and Moller scattering (e−e−→e−e−) However, I am trying to understand how this is obtained. I put the relevant diagrams in the picture below.
What I have been trying to do is rotate the s channel diagram appearing in Bhabha scattering (bottom right) to get a t channel diagram with which I can relate to the t channel diagram already appearing in the Moller scattering (top left). This would imply p1→p1,p2→−p4,p3→−p2,p4→p3 but this does not give the s↔u sought after.
Thanks for any explanations!
Answer
Crossing symmetry tells you that you should not only exchange p2↔−p4 in the amputated matrix elements, but also replace the wavefunction polarizations u±(p2)→v∓(p4) (where the spin polarizations have been reversed), and finally multiply the amplitude for a factor −1 (Since you are crossing a fermionic pair).
All of this is equivalent to the simple s↔u only for the forward scattering at t=0 or for the scattering averaged over all the polarizations.
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