Positivity bounds for scalar field theories
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Author(s)
de Rham, Claudia
Melville, Scott
Tolley, Andrew J
Zhou, Shuang-Yong
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Assuming the existence of a local, analytic, unitary UV completion in a Poincaré invariant scalar field theory with a mass gap, we derive an infinite number of positivity requirements using the known properties of the amplitude at and away from the forward scattering limit. These take the form of bounds on combinations of the pole subtracted scattering amplitude and its derivatives. In turn, these positivity requirements act as constraints on the operator coefficients in the low energy effective theory. For certain theories these constraints can be used to place an upper bound on the mass of the next lightest state that must lie beyond the low energy effective theory if such a UV completion is to ever exist.
Date Issued
2017-10-15
Date Acceptance
2017-10-01
Citation
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2017, 96 (8)
ISSN
1550-2368
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume
96
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2017 American Physical Society
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Identifier
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Grant Number
ST/P000762/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
SCATTERING-AMPLITUDES
DISPERSION RELATIONS
UNITARITY
BEHAVIOR
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 081702
Date Publish Online
2017-10-23