Bounds on nonlinear effective field theories via resurgent relative entropy
High Energy Physics - Theory
2026-04-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We study nonlinear effective field theories (EFTs) with factorially growing perturbative expansions, focusing on a class in which the relative entropy encodes an infinite tower of higher-dimensional operators. Using the resummed relative entropy, we derive bounds on EFT coefficients: the non-negativity of the resummed relative entropy fixes the sign of their asymptotic growth, while its violation signals instabilities. In fermionic QED, analytic continuation from Euclidean to Minkowski spacetime yields a concrete example: the Schwinger effect, a nonperturbative instability captured by the resummed relative entropy.
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@article{arxiv.2604.24286,
title = {Bounds on nonlinear effective field theories via resurgent relative entropy},
author = {Pietro Conzinu and Daiki Ueda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.24286},
year = {2026}
}
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