On the P-wave contributions to the cross sections of tt and t̃t̃ near threshold Original Research Article

The approach used for the determination of S-wave amplitudes containing the application of the non-relativistic approximation in the case of P-waves leads to unphysical divergencies. We show how to avoid the latter in calculations of contributions to the cross section near threshold in agreement with field theory. This enables us to give quantitatively reliable predictions for the forward-backward asymmetry and for the axial contribution to the total cross section for the top-antitop system. Also the cross section for the production of stop-antistop near threshold is determined.