NNLO positivity bounds on chiral perturbation theory for a general number of flavours
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.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1007/JHEP03(2022)159
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2112.04253
- Bibcode:
- 2022JHEP...03..159A
- Keywords:
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- Chiral Lagrangians;
- Effective Field Theories;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 94 pages of which 51 in appendices, 31 figures, 2 tables. Version 2 added to reflect changes (mainly clarifications) done prior to publication in JHEP