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    On Geometry of Flat Complete Strictly Causal Lorentzian Manifolds

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    A flat complete causal Lorentzian manifold is called {\it strictly causal} if the past and the future of each its point are closed near this point. We consider strictly causal manifolds with unipotent holonomy groups and assign to a manifold of this type four nonnegative integers (a signature) and a parabola in the cone of positive definite matrices. Two manifolds are equivalent if and only if their signatures coincides and the corresponding parabolas are equal (up to a suitable automorphism of the cone and an affine change of variable). Also, we give necessary and sufficient conditions, which distinguish parabolas of this type among all parabolas in the cone.Comment: The exposition is revised (no essential change in the content). The paper is publishe

    The Riemann Surface of a Static Dispersion Model and Regge Trajectories

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    The S-matrix in the static limit of a dispersion relation is a matrix of a finite order N of meromorphic functions of energy ω\omega in the plane with cuts (,1],[+1,+)(-\infty,-1],[+1,+\infty). In the elastic case it reduces to N functions Si(ω)S_{i}(\omega) connected by the crossing symmetry matrix A. The scattering of a neutral pseodoscalar meson with an arbitrary angular momentum l at a source with spin 1/2 is considered (N=2). The Regge trajectories of this model are explicitly found.Comment: 5 pages, LaTe
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