Positivity from J-Basis Operators in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory

Abstract

In the effective field theory (EFT), the positivity bound on dim-8 effective operators tells us that the $s^2$ contribution in the scattering amplitude of 2-to-2 process geometrically corresponds to the convex cone composed of the ultraviolet (UV) states as the external rays. The J-Basis method can provide a complete group theory decomposition of the scattering amplitude on the direct product of the gauge group and the Lorentz group, thus to search for all UV states. Compared to previous methods, which can only perform direct product decomposition on the gauge groups, the J-Basis method greatly improves the strictness of the restrictions and also provides a systematic scheme for calculating the positivity bounds of the dim-8 operators.