Higher-point positivity

DOI10.1007/JHEP11(2018)015MaRDI QIDQ1635110zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Venkatesa Chandrasekaran, Grant N. Remmen, Arvin Shahbazi-Moghaddam

Publication date 18 December 2018

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03153

zbMATH Keywords

effective field theoriesscattering amplitudes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Model quantum field theories (81T10) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

Abstract: We consider the extension of techniques for bounding higher-dimension operators in quantum effective field theories to higher-point operators. Working in the context of theories polynomial in $X=(partialphi{)}^2$, we examine how the techniques of bounding such operators based on causality, analyticity of scattering amplitudes, and unitarity of the spectral representation are all modified for operators beyond $(partialphi{)}^4$. Under weak-coupling assumptions that we clarify, we show using all three methods that in theories in which the coefficient $lambd{a}_n$ of the $X^n$ term for some $n$ is larger than the other terms in units of the cutoff, $lambd{a}_n$ must be positive (respectively, negative) for $n$ even (odd), in mostly-plus metric signature. Along the way, we present a first-principles derivation of the propagator numerator for all massive higher-spin bosons in arbitrary dimension. We remark on subtleties and challenges of bounding $P(X)$ theories in greater generality. Finally, we examine the connections among energy conditions, causality, stability, and the involution condition on the Legendre transform relating the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian.

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