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We derive an explicit expression for the Lellouch-Lüscher (LL) factor in the K → 3π decays at leading order (without derivative couplings). Several important technical details are addressed, like a proper decomposition into the isospin amplitudes, the choice of a minimal set of effective couplings and the renormalization, as well as the algorithm for the solution of the pertinent Faddeev equations in the infinite volume which is based on the contour deformation method. Most importantly, our numerical results demonstrate that the three-body force contributes very little to the LL factor. This result paves the way for the study of the K → 3π decays on the lattice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using effective-range expansion for the two-body amplitudes may generate spurious sub-threshold poles outside of the convergence range of the expansion. In the infinite volume, the emergence of such poles leads to the inconsistencies in the three-body equations, e.g., to the breakdown of unitarity. We investigate the effect of the spurious poles on the three-body quantization condition in a finite volume and show that it leads to a peculiar dependence of the energy levels on the box size L. Furthermore, within a simple model, it is demonstrated that the procedure for the removal of these poles, which was recently proposed in ref. [1] in the infinite volume, can be adapted to the finite-volume calculations. The structure of the exact energy levels is reproduced with an accuracy that systematically improves order by order in the EFT expansion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The extraction of two- and three-body hadronic scattering amplitudes and the properties of the low-lying hadronic resonances from the finite-volume energy levels in lattice QCD represents a rapidly developing field of research. The use of various modifications of the Lüscher finite-volume method has opened a path to calculate infinite-volume scattering amplitudes on the lattice. Many new results have been obtained recently for different two- and three-body scattering processes, including the extraction of resonance poles and their properties from lattice data. Such studies, however, require robust parametrizations of the infinite-volume scattering amplitudes, which rely on basic properties of S-matrix theory and—preferably—encompass systems with quark masses at and away from the physical point. Parametrizations of this kind, provided by unitarized Chiral Perturbation Theory, are discussed in this review. Special attention is paid to three-body systems on the lattice, owing to the rapidly growing interest in the field. Here, we briefly survey the formalism, chiral extrapolation, as well as finite-volume analyses of lattice data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Based on the analysis of decays, the NA48/2 Collaboration has recently determined the S-wave ππ scattering lengths with high precision. In addition, the scattering length has been independently measured, although less precisely so. The present article discusses in detail one of the theoretical frameworks used in the data analysis. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: We propose a method to determine the isoscalar scattering length on the lattice. Our method represents the generalization of Lüscher''s approach in the presence of inelastic channels (complex scattering length). In addition, the proposed approach allows one to find the position of the S-matrix pole corresponding the resonance. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]