Naive dimensional analysis counting of gauge theory amplitudes and anomalous dimensions

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2013.09.020zbMATH Open1331.81196arXiv1309.0819OpenAlexW2108555033MaRDI QIDQ5963867FDOQ5963867

Elizabeth E. Jenkins, Aneesh V. Manohar, Michael Trott

Publication date: 26 February 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that naive dimensional analysis (NDA) is equivalent to the result that L-loop scattering amplitudes have perturbative order N=L+Delta, with a shift Delta that depends on the NDA-weight of operator insertions. The NDA weight of an operator is defined in this paper, and the general NDA formula for perturbative order N is derived. The formula is used to explain why the one-loop anomalous dimension matrix for dimension-six operators in the Standard Model effective field theory has entries with perturbative order ranging from 0 to 4. The results in this paper are valid for an arbitrary effective field theory, and they constrain the coupling constant dependence of anomalous dimensions and scattering amplitudes in a general effective field theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0819

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

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