Compton scattering on the nucleon at intermediate energies and polarizabilities in a microscopic model

A microscopic calculation of Compton scattering on the nucleon is presented which encompasses the lowest energies-yielding nucleon polarizabilities-and extends to energies of the order of 600 MeV. We have used the covariant "dressed K-matrix model" obeying the symmetry properties which are appropriate in the different energy regimes. In particular, crossing symmetry, gauge invariance and unitarity are satisfied. The extent of violation of analyticity (causality) is used as an expansion parameter.