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De-projecting the EFThedron

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Li-Yuan Chiang
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Yu-tin Huang
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Laurentiu Rodina *
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He-Chen Weng
DOI:10.1007/JHEP05(2024)102delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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The space of Wilson coefficients of EFT that can be UV completed into consistent theories was recently shown to be described analytically by a positive geometry, termed the EFThedron. However, this geometry, as well as complementary numerical methods of semi-definite programming, have so far focused on the positivity of the partial wave expansion, which allows bounding only ratios of couplings. In this paper we describe how the unitarity upper bound of the partial waves can be incorporated. This new problem can be formulated in terms of the well known L-moment problem, which we generalize and solve from a geometrical perspective. We find the non-projective generalization of the EFThedron has an infinite number of non-linear facets, which in some cases have remarkably simple descriptions. We use these results to derive bounds on single couplings, finding that the leading derivative operators are bounded by unity, when normalized by the cut-off scale and loop factors. For general operators of mass dimension 2k we find the upper bound is heavily suppressed at large k, with an 1/k fall-off.
Keywords:
Scattering Amplitudes
Effective Field Theories

Journal

Journal of High Energy Physics cover
Journal of High Energy Physics
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5.5
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3.9W
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13.7W

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National Taiwan University
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4.7W
Papers: 4.2W
Citations: 3.6W