TY - JOUR
T1 - NNLO positivity bounds on chiral perturbation theory for a general number of flavours
AU - Alvarez, Benjamin
AU - Bijnens, Johan
AU - Sjö, Mattias
PY - 2022/3/24
Y1 - 2022/3/24
N2 - We present positivity bounds, derived from the principles of analyticity, unitarity and crossing symmetry, that constrain the low-energy constants of chiral perturbation theory. Bounds are produced for 2, 3 or more flavours in meson-meson scattering with equal meson masses, up to and including next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO), using the second and higher derivatives of the amplitude. We enhance the bounds by using the most general isospin combinations posible (or higher-flavour counterparts thereof) and by analytically integrating the low-energy range of the discontinuities. In addition, we present a powerful and general mathematical framework for efficiently managing large numbers of positivity bounds.
AB - We present positivity bounds, derived from the principles of analyticity, unitarity and crossing symmetry, that constrain the low-energy constants of chiral perturbation theory. Bounds are produced for 2, 3 or more flavours in meson-meson scattering with equal meson masses, up to and including next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO), using the second and higher derivatives of the amplitude. We enhance the bounds by using the most general isospin combinations posible (or higher-flavour counterparts thereof) and by analytically integrating the low-energy range of the discontinuities. In addition, we present a powerful and general mathematical framework for efficiently managing large numbers of positivity bounds.
KW - Kiral Störningsräkning
KW - Effektiv Fältteori
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP03(2022)159
DO - 10.1007/JHEP03(2022)159
M3 - Article
SN - 1029-8479
VL - 2022
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 159
ER -