We study two-to-two scattering amplitudes of a scalar particle of mass m. For simplicity, we assume the presence of Z(2) symmetry and that the particle is Z(2) odd. We consider two classes of amplitudes: the fully nonperturbative ones and effective field theory (EFT) ones with a cut-off scale M. Using the primal numerical method which allows us to impose full non-linear unitarity, we construct novel bounds on various observables in 2 <= d <= 4 space-time dimensions for both classes of amplitudes. We show that our bounds are much stronger than the ones obtained by using linearized unitarity or positivity only. We discuss applications of our bounds to constraining EFTs. Finally, we compare our bounds to the amplitude in phi(4) theory computed perturbatively at weak coupling, and find that they saturate the bounds.

Nonperturbative bounds on scattering of massive scalar particles in d ≥ 2 / Chen, Hongbin; Fitzpatrick, A. Liam; Karateev, Denis. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2022:12(2022), pp. 1-47. [10.1007/jhep12(2022)092]

Nonperturbative bounds on scattering of massive scalar particles in d ≥ 2

Karateev, Denis
2022-01-01

Abstract

We study two-to-two scattering amplitudes of a scalar particle of mass m. For simplicity, we assume the presence of Z(2) symmetry and that the particle is Z(2) odd. We consider two classes of amplitudes: the fully nonperturbative ones and effective field theory (EFT) ones with a cut-off scale M. Using the primal numerical method which allows us to impose full non-linear unitarity, we construct novel bounds on various observables in 2 <= d <= 4 space-time dimensions for both classes of amplitudes. We show that our bounds are much stronger than the ones obtained by using linearized unitarity or positivity only. We discuss applications of our bounds to constraining EFTs. Finally, we compare our bounds to the amplitude in phi(4) theory computed perturbatively at weak coupling, and find that they saturate the bounds.
2022
2022
12
1
47
092
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2022)092
https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.12448
Chen, Hongbin; Fitzpatrick, A. Liam; Karateev, Denis
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