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Triple crossing positivity bounds for multi-field theories

Authors :
Du, Zong-Zhe
Zhang, Cen
Zhou, Shuang-Yong
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We develop a formalism to extract triple crossing symmetric positivity bounds for effective field theories with multiple degrees of freedom, by making use of $su$ symmetric dispersion relations supplemented with positivity of the partial waves, $st$ null constraints and the generalized optical theorem. This generalizes the convex cone approach to constrain the $s^2$ coefficient space to higher orders. Optimal positive bounds can be extracted by semi-definite programs with a continuous decision variable, compared with linear programs for the case of a single field. As an example, we explicitly compute the positivity constraints on bi-scalar theories, and find all the Wilson coefficients can be constrained in a finite region, including the coefficients with odd powers of $s$, which are absent in the single scalar case.<br />Comment: 28 pages, 4 figures, 1 table; corrected error about upper bounds on s^2 coefficients, conclusions remain unchanged

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2111.01169
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2021)115