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Title: Effective theories of universal theories

Abstract

It is well-known but sometimes overlooked that constraints on the oblique parameters (most notably S and T parameters) are generally speaking only applicable to a special class of new physics scenarios known as universal theories. The oblique parameters should not be associated with Wilson coefficients in a particular operator basis in the effective field theory (EFT) framework, unless restrictions have been imposed on the EFT so that it describes universal theories. Here, we work out these restrictions, and present a detailed EFT analysis of universal theories. We find that at the dimension-6 level, universal theories are completely characterized by 16 parameters. They are conveniently chosen to be: 5 oblique parameters that agree with the commonly-adopted ones, 4 anomalous triple-gauge couplings, 3 rescaling factors for the h3, hff, hV V vertices, 3 parameters for hV V vertices absent in the Standard Model, and 1 four-fermion coupling of order yf2. Furthermore, all these parameters are defined in an unambiguous and basis-independent way, allowing for consistent constraints on the universal theories parameter space from precision electroweak and Higgs data.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1327310
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0007859
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2016; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; effective field theories; Higgs physics; standard model; beyond standard model

Citation Formats

Wells, James D., and Zhang, Zhengkang. Effective theories of universal theories. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2016)123.
Wells, James D., & Zhang, Zhengkang. Effective theories of universal theories. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)123
Wells, James D., and Zhang, Zhengkang. 2016. "Effective theories of universal theories". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)123. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1327310.
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title = {Effective theories of universal theories},
author = {Wells, James D. and Zhang, Zhengkang},
abstractNote = {It is well-known but sometimes overlooked that constraints on the oblique parameters (most notably S and T parameters) are generally speaking only applicable to a special class of new physics scenarios known as universal theories. The oblique parameters should not be associated with Wilson coefficients in a particular operator basis in the effective field theory (EFT) framework, unless restrictions have been imposed on the EFT so that it describes universal theories. Here, we work out these restrictions, and present a detailed EFT analysis of universal theories. We find that at the dimension-6 level, universal theories are completely characterized by 16 parameters. They are conveniently chosen to be: 5 oblique parameters that agree with the commonly-adopted ones, 4 anomalous triple-gauge couplings, 3 rescaling factors for the h3, hff, hV V vertices, 3 parameters for hV V vertices absent in the Standard Model, and 1 four-fermion coupling of order yf2. Furthermore, all these parameters are defined in an unambiguous and basis-independent way, allowing for consistent constraints on the universal theories parameter space from precision electroweak and Higgs data.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP01(2016)123},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1327310}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {1029-8479},
number = 1,
volume = 2016,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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