Solutions of the Low equation in the no-crossing approximation

In solving the Low equation for the Chew-Low model, if the crossing term is dropped a ghost state appears in the repulsive channels for a sufficiently large coupling constant. Ernst et al. suggested recently that this difficulty could be avoided by adopting a solution with a Castillejo-Dalitz-Dyson (CDD) pole in its denominator. Contrary to this suggestion, we show that the inclusion of the CDD pole, rather than avoiding the difficulty, only compounds it. We also reexamine Dyson's interpretation of the "redundant" CDD solutions, and point out that the Low equation we study possesses solutions to which Dyson's interpretation does not seem to apply.