NNLO positivity bounds on chiral perturbation theory for a general number of flavours

Benjamin Alvarez, Johan Bijnens, Mattias Sjö

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    Abstract

    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number159
    JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
    Volume2022
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022 Mar 24

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Subatomic Physics

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