Tree-level amplitudes in the nonlinear sigma model

DOI10.1007/JHEP05(2013)032zbMATH Open1392.81139arXiv1304.3048WikidataQ59749862 ScholiaQ59749862MaRDI QIDQ303261FDOQ303261

Authors: Karol Kampf, Jirí Novotný, Jaroslav Trnka 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

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

Abstract: We study in detail the general structure and further properties of the tree-level amplitudes in the SU(N) nonlinear sigma model. We construct the flavor-ordered Feynman rules for various parameterizations of the SU(N) fields U(x), write down the Berends-Giele relations for the semi-on-shell currents and discuss their efficiency for the amplitude calculation in comparison with those of renormalizable theories. We also present an explicit form of the partial amplitudes up to ten external particles. It is well known that the standard BCFW recursive relations cannot be used for reconstruction of the the on-shell amplitudes of effective theories like the SU(N) nonlinear sigma model because of the inappropriate behavior of the deformed on-shell amplitudes at infinity. We discuss possible generalization of the BCFW approach introducing "BCFW formula with subtractions" and with help of Berends-Giele relations we prove particular scaling properties of the semi-on-shell amplitudes of the SU(N) nonlinear sigma model under specific shifts of the external momenta. These results allow us to define alternative deformation of the semi-on-shell amplitudes and derive BCFW-like recursion relations. These provide a systematic and effective tool for calculation of Goldstone bosons scattering amplitudes and it also shows the possible applicability of on-shell methods to effective field theories. We also use these BCFW-like relations for the investigation of the Adler zeroes and double soft limit of the semi-on-shell amplitudes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3048

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zbMATH Keywords

global symmetriesscattering amplitudessigma models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

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