Systematic Test of the Soft-Meson Theorems and of a Theory of SU(3) ⊗ SU(3) Symmetry Breaking

Abstract
We make a systematic test of soft-meson theorem predictions for both elastic and inelastic PB threshold scattering amplitudes. The predictions are obtained by using an extrapolation procedure developed by Fubini and Furlan and by ourselves. Our results are in reasonable agreement with a theory of SU(3) ⊗ SU(3)-symmetry breaking proposed recently by Gell-Mann, Oakes, and Renner.