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Michael Trott

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More accurate $σ(\mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G}\rightarrow h)$, $Γ(h \rightarrow \mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G}, \mathcal{A} \mathcal{A}, \barΨ Ψ)$ and Higgs width results via the geoSMEFT

We develop Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) predictions of $σ(\mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G}\rightarrow h)$, $Γ(h \rightarrow \mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G})$, $Γ(h \rightarrow \mathcal{A} \mathcal{A})$ to incorporate full two loop Standard Model results at the amplitude level, in conjunction with dimension eight SMEFT corrections. We simultaneously report consistent $Γ(h \rightarrow \barΨ Ψ)$ results including leading QCD corrections and dimension eight SMEFT corrections. This extends the predictions of the former processes $Γ, σ$ to a full set of corrections at $\mathcal{O}(\bar{v}_T^2/Λ^2 (16 π^2)^2)$ and $\mathcal{O}(\bar{v}_T^4/Λ^4)$, where $\bar{v}_T$ is the electroweak scale vacuum expectation value and $Λ$ is the cut off scale of the SMEFT. Throughout, cross consistency between the operator and loop expansions is maintained by the use of the geometric SMEFT formalism. For $Γ(h \rightarrow \barΨ Ψ)$, we include results at $\mathcal{O}(\bar{v}_T^2/Λ^2 (16 π^2))$ in the limit where subleading $m_Ψ\rightarrow 0$ corrections are neglected. We clarify how gauge invariant SMEFT renormalization counterterms combine with the Standard Model counter terms in higher order SMEFT calculations when the Background Field Method is used. We also update the prediction of the total Higgs width in the SMEFT to consistently include some of these higher order perturbative effects.

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$α_s$ as an input parameter in the SMEFT

The QCD coupling, $α_s$, has a critical role in Hadron collider studies of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). Patterns of measurements can be modified by local contact operators in the SMEFT that change the measured value of a Lagrangian parameter from the case of the Standard Model; this is known as an input parameter correction. When such a parameter is then used to predict another observable, this modifies the relationship between observables. In this paper, we begin the process of characterizing $α_s$ as an input parameter.

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The geometric SMEFT

Effective field theories, like the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT), are defined by a chosen field content and a set of symmetries, up to a cut off scale $Λ$. Usually, in order to perform calculations, gauge independent field re-definitions consistent with the symmetries of the theory are then used to redefine the fields. This procedure results in a fixed (non-redundant) operator basis, that is not itself field re-definition invariant. Recently, an alternative approach of identifying and calculating with field space geometry has been developed. Field redefinition invariants, characterising field space geometry, appear in observables in amplitude perturbations, and have an expansion in terms of local operators. In the case of the SMEFT, calculating via the geometric approach is known as the geoSMEFT. This approach makes it much easier to calculate at high orders in $1/Λ$ in the SMEFT, and can directly result in a complete characterisation of an amplitude perturbation in the $1/Λ$ expansion. Using the geoSMEFT, several consistent and complete $\mathcal{O}(1/Λ^4)$ results are now known. We define the geoSMEFT and demonstrate its use in some examples.

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On the dimension of angles and their units

We examine implications of angles having their own dimension, in the same sense as do lengths, masses, {\it etc.} The conventional practice in scientific applications involving trigonometric or exponential functions of angles is to assume that the argument is the numerical part of the angle when expressed in units of radians. It is also assumed that the functions are the corresponding radian-based versions. These (usually unstated) assumptions generally allow one to treat angles as if they had no dimension and no units, an approach that sometimes leads to serious difficulties. Here we consider arbitrary units for angles and the corresponding generalizations of the trigonometric and exponential functions. Such generalizations make the functions complete, that is, independent of any particular choice of unit for angles. They also provide a consistent framework for including angle units in computer algebra programs.

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Consistent higher order $σ(\mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G}\rightarrow h)$, $Γ(h \rightarrow \mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G})$ and $Γ(h \rightarrow γγ)$ in geoSMEFT

We report consistent results for $Γ(h \rightarrow γγ)$, $σ(\mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G}\rightarrow h)$ and $Γ(h \rightarrow \mathcal{G} \,\mathcal{G})$ in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) perturbing the SM by corrections $\mathcal{O}(\bar{v}_T^2/16 π^2 Λ^2)$ in the Background Field Method (BFM) approach to gauge fixing, and to $\mathcal{O}(\bar{v}_T^4/Λ^4)$ using the geometric formulation of the SMEFT. We combine and modify recent results in the literature into a complete set of consistent results, uniforming conventions, and simultaneously complete the one loop results for these processes in the BFM. We emphasise calculational scheme dependence present across these processes, and how the operator and loop expansions are not independent beyond leading order. We illustrate several cross checks of consistency in the results.

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Dirac Masses and Mixings in the (geo)SM(EFT) and Beyond

We report a set of exact formulae for computing Dirac masses, mixings, and CP-violation parameter(s) from 3$\times$3 Yukawa matrices $Y$ valid when $Y Y^\dagger \rightarrow U^\dagger \,Y Y^\dagger \, U$ under global $U(3)_{Q_L}$ flavour symmetry transformations $U$. The results apply to the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) and its `geometric' realization (geoSMEFT). We thereby complete, in the Dirac flavour sector, the catalogue of geoSMEFT parameters derived at all orders in the $\sqrt{2 \langle H^\dagger H \rangle} / Λ$ expansion. The formalism is basis-independent, and can be applied to models with decoupled ultraviolet flavour dynamics, as well as to models whose infrared dynamics are not minimally flavour violating. We highlight these points with explicit examples and, as a further demonstration of the formalism's utility, we derive expressions for the renormalization group flow of quark masses, mixings, and CP-violation at all mass dimension and perturbative loop orders in the (geo)SM(EFT) and beyond.

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No-go limitations on UV completions of the Neutrino Option

We discuss the possible origin of the Majorana mass scale(s) required for the "Neutrino Option" where the electroweak scale is generated simultaneously with light neutrino masses in a type-I seesaw model, by common dimension four interactions. We establish no-go constraints on the perturbative generation of the Majorana masses required due to global symmetries of the seesaw Lagrangian.

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The $ggh$ variations

We examine how sub-leading results in the operator and loop expansion for $σ(\mathcal{G} \mathcal{G} \rightarrow h)$ in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) inform theoretical error estimates when studying this production channel in global SMEFT studies. We also discuss the relationship between geometric SMEFT results and the $κ$ formalism.

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A methodology for theory uncertainties in the SMEFT

A process specific methodology is defined to systematically assign theoretical uncertainties in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory when performing leading order global fits. The method outlined also minimises the computational and theoretical burden to systematically advance such analyses to dimension eight.

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EWPD in the SMEFT to dimension eight

We calculate the $\mathcal{O}(\langle H^{\dagger} H \rangle^{2} / Λ^{4} )$ corrections to LEP electroweak precision data using the geometric formulation of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). We report our results in simple-to-use interpolation tables that allow the interpretation of this data set to dimension eight for the first time. We demonstrate the impact of these previously unknown terms in the case of a general analysis in the SMEFT, and also in the cases of two distinct models matched to dimension eight. Neglecting such dimension-eight corrections to LEP observables introduces a theoretical error in SMEFT studies. We report some preliminary studies defining such a theory error, explicitly demonstrating the effect of previously unknown dimension-eight SMEFT corrections on LEP observables.

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One loop verification of SMEFT Ward Identities

We verify Standard Model Effective Field Theory Ward identities to one loop order when background field gauge is used to quantize the theory. The results we present lay the foundation of next to leading order automatic generation of results in the SMEFT, in both the perturbative and non-perturbative expansion using the geoSMEFT formalism, and background field gauge.

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Renormalization Group Evolution of the Standard Model Dimension Six Operators II: Yukawa Dependence

We calculate the complete order y^2 and y^4 terms of the 59 x 59 one-loop anomalous dimension matrix for the dimension-six operators of the Standard Model effective field theory, where y is a generic Yukawa coupling. These terms, together with the terms of order lambda, lambda^2 and lambda y^2 depending on the Standard Model Higgs self-coupling lambda which were calculated in a previous work, yield the complete one-loop anomalous dimension matrix in the limit of vanishing gauge couplings. The Yukawa contributions result in non-trivial flavor mixing in the various operator sectors of the Standard Model effective theory.

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Renormalization Group Evolution of the Standard Model Dimension Six Operators I: Formalism and lambda Dependence

We calculate the order λ, λ^2 and λy^2 terms of the 59 x 59 one-loop anomalous dimension matrix of dimension-six operators, where λand y are the Standard Model Higgs self-coupling and a generic Yukawa coupling, respectively. The dimension-six operators modify the running of the Standard Model parameters themselves, and we compute the complete one-loop result for this. We discuss how there is mixing between operators for which no direct one-particle-irreducible diagram exists, due to operator replacements by the equations of motion.

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Exact SMEFT formulation and expansion to $\mathcal{O}(v^4/Λ^4)$

The Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) theoretical framework is increasingly used to interpret particle physics measurements and constrain physics beyond the Standard Model. We investigate the truncation of the effective-operator expansion using the geometric formulation of the SMEFT, which allows exact solutions, up to mass-dimension eight. Using this construction, we compare the exact solution to the expansion at ${\mathcal{O}}(v^2/Λ^2)$, partial ${\mathcal{O}}(v^4/Λ^4)$ using a subset of terms with dimension-6 operators, and full ${\mathcal{O}}(v^4/Λ^4)$, where $v$ is the vacuum expectation value and $Λ$ is the scale of new physics. This comparison is performed for general values of the coefficients, and for the specific model of a heavy U(1) gauge field kinetically mixed with the Standard Model. We additionally determine the input-parameter scheme dependence at all orders in $v/Λ$, and show that this dependence increases at higher orders in $v/Λ$.

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The Geometric Standard Model Effective Field Theory

We develop the geometric formulation of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). Using this approach we derive all-orders results in the $\sqrt{2 \langle H^\dagger H \rangle}/Λ$ expansion relevant for studies of electroweak precision and Higgs data.

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The Higgs width in the SMEFT

We calculate the total and partial inclusive Higgs widths at leading order in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). We report results incorporating SMEFT corrections for two and four body Higgs decays through vector currents in this limit. The narrow width approximation is avoided and all phase space integrals are directly evaluated. We explain why the narrow width approximation fails more significantly in the SMEFT compared to the SM, despite the narrowness of the observed $\rm SU(2) \times U(1)$ bosons in both theories. Our results are presented in a manner that allows various input parameter schemes to be used, and they allow the inclusive branching ratios and decay widths of the Higgs to be numerically determined without a Monte Carlo generation of phase space for each Wilson coefficient value chosen.

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Ward Identities for the Standard Model Effective Field Theory

We derive Ward identities for the Standard Model Effective Field Theory using the background field method. The resulting symmetry constraints on the Standard Model Effective Field Theory are basis independent, and constrain the perturbative and power-counting expansions. A geometric description of the field connections, and real representations for the $\rm SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y$ generators, underlies the derivation.

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Proposal for the validation of Monte Carlo implementations of the standard model effective field theory

We propose a procedure to cross-validate Monte Carlo implementations of the standard model effective field theory. It is based on the numerical comparison of squared amplitudes computed at specific phase-space and parameter points in pairs of implementations. Interactions are fully linearised in the effective field theory expansion. The squares of linear effective field theory amplitudes and their interference with standard-model contributions are compared separately. Such pairwise comparisons are primarily performed at tree level and a possible extension to the one-loop level is also briefly considered. We list the current standard model effective field theory implementations and the comparisons performed to date.

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