Equations of motion, symmetry currents and EFT below the electroweak scale

Dec 7, 2018
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 795 (2019) 606-619
  • Published: Aug 10, 2019
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The low-energy effective field theory is constructed by integrating out Standard Model states with masses proximate to the electroweak scale. We report the equations of motion for this theory, including corrections due to higher dimensional operators up to mass dimension six. We construct the corresponding symmetry currents, and discuss how the SU(2)L×U(1)y symmetry, and global symmetries, are manifested when Standard Model states are integrated out. Including contributions from higher dimensional operators to the equations of motion modifies the interpretation of conserved currents. We discuss the corrections to the electromagnetic current as an example, showing how modifications to the equation of motion, and corresponding surface terms, have a direct interpretation in terms of multipole charge distributions that act to source gauge fields.
Note:
  • 13 pages
  • scale: electroweak interaction
  • operator: higher-dimensional
  • symmetry: global
  • current: electromagnetic
  • field equations
  • effective field theory
  • charge distribution
  • conservation law
  • gauge field theory: SU(2) x U(1)