One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTs

In Effective Field Theories (EFTs) with higher-dimensional operators many anomalous dimensions vanish at the one-loop level. With the use of supersymmetry, and a classification of the operators according to their embedding in super-operators, we are able to understand why many of these anomalous dim...

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Main Authors: J. Elias-Miró, J.R. Espinosa, A. Pomarol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315003937
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description In Effective Field Theories (EFTs) with higher-dimensional operators many anomalous dimensions vanish at the one-loop level. With the use of supersymmetry, and a classification of the operators according to their embedding in super-operators, we are able to understand why many of these anomalous dimensions are zero. The key observation is that one-loop contributions from superpartners trivially vanish in many cases under consideration, making the superfield formalism a powerful tool even for non-supersymmetric models. We show this in detail in a simple U(1) model with a scalar and fermions, and explain how to extend this to SM EFTs and the QCD Chiral Lagrangian. This provides an understanding of why most “current–current” operators do not renormalize “loop” operators at the one-loop level, and allows to find the few exceptions to this ubiquitous rule.
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spelling doaj.art-d515fc3c5416415cb290ad19381db6312022-12-22T00:57:42ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26931873-24452015-07-01747C27228010.1016/j.physletb.2015.05.056One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTsJ. Elias-Miró0J.R. Espinosa1A. Pomarol2IFAE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, SpainIFAE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, SpainDept. de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, SpainIn Effective Field Theories (EFTs) with higher-dimensional operators many anomalous dimensions vanish at the one-loop level. With the use of supersymmetry, and a classification of the operators according to their embedding in super-operators, we are able to understand why many of these anomalous dimensions are zero. The key observation is that one-loop contributions from superpartners trivially vanish in many cases under consideration, making the superfield formalism a powerful tool even for non-supersymmetric models. We show this in detail in a simple U(1) model with a scalar and fermions, and explain how to extend this to SM EFTs and the QCD Chiral Lagrangian. This provides an understanding of why most “current–current” operators do not renormalize “loop” operators at the one-loop level, and allows to find the few exceptions to this ubiquitous rule.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315003937
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One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTs
Physics Letters B
title One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTs
title_full One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTs
title_fullStr One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTs
title_full_unstemmed One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTs
title_short One-loop non-renormalization results in EFTs
title_sort one loop non renormalization results in efts
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