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We study massive $2 \to 2$ scattering of identical scalar particles in spacetime dimensions 3 to 11 using non-perturbative S-matrix bootstrap techniques. Treating $d$ as a continuous parameter, we compute two-sided numerical bounds on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-01 Mehmet Asim Gumus , Simon Metayer , Piotr Tourkine

We consider constraints on the S-matrix of any gapped, Lorentz invariant quantum field theory in 3+1 dimensions due to crossing symmetry, analyticity and unitarity. We extremize cubic couplings, quartic couplings and scattering lengths…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-24 Miguel F. Paulos , Joao Penedones , Jonathan Toledo , Balt C. van Rees , Pedro Vieira

We consider constraints on the S-matrix of any gapped, Lorentz invariant quantum field theory in 1 + 1 dimensions due to crossing symmetry and unitarity. In this way we establish rigorous bounds on the cubic couplings of a given theory with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Miguel F. Paulos , Joao Penedones , Jonathan Toledo , Balt C. van Rees , Pedro Vieira

We explore the space of consistent three-particle couplings in $\mathbb Z_2$-symmetric two-dimensional QFTs using two first-principles approaches. Our first approach relies solely on unitarity, analyticity and crossing symmetry of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Alexandre Homrich , Joao Penedones , Jonathan Toledo , Balt C. van Rees , Pedro Vieira

Using duality in optimization theory we formulate a dual approach to the S-matrix bootstrap that provides rigorous bounds to 2D QFT observables as a consequence of unitarity, crossing symmetry and analyticity of the scattering matrix. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Andrea L Guerrieri , Alexandre Homrich , Pedro Vieira

We review unitarity and crossing constraints on scattering amplitudes for particles with spin in four dimensional quantum field theories. As an application we study two to two scattering of neutral spin 1/2 fermions in detail. Assuming…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-29 Aditya Hebbar , Denis Karateev , Joao Penedones

We revisit analytical methods for constraining the nonperturbative $S$-matrix of unitary, relativistic, gapped theories in $d \geq 3$ spacetime dimensions. We assume extended analyticity of the two-to-two scattering amplitude and use it…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-16 Miguel Correia , Amit Sever , Alexander Zhiboedov

The S-matrix bootstrap maps out the space of S-matrices allowed by analyticity, crossing, unitarity, and other constraints. For the $2\rightarrow 2$ scattering matrix $S_{2\rightarrow 2}$ such space is an infinite dimensional convex space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 Yifei He , Martin Kruczenski

In this work, we develop machine learning techniques to study nonperturbative scattering amplitudes. We focus on the two-to-two scattering amplitude of identical scalar particles, setting the double discontinuity to zero as a simplifying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-13 Mehmet Asim Gumus , Damien Leflot , Piotr Tourkine , Alexander Zhiboedov

We obtain general bounds on scattering processes involving charged particles in 1+1 spacetime dimensions. After a general analysis we derive mostly numerical bounds on couplings in theories with $O(N)$ and $U(N)$ global symmetries. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-25 Miguel F. Paulos , Zechuan Zheng

The main objective of this work is to isolate Effective Field Theory scattering amplitudes in the space of non-perturbative two-to-two amplitudes, using the S-matrix Bootstrap. We do so by introducing the notion of Effective Field Theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-18 Joan Elias Miro , Andrea Guerrieri , Mehmet Asim Gumus

We investigate the space of massive two-dimensional theories with a global U(N) symmetry and no bound states. Following S-matrix bootstrap principles, we establish rigorous bounds on the space of consistent $2 \rightarrow 2$ scattering…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-30 Lucía Cordova , Ricardo Rodrigues

The two-to-two four-dimensional scattering amplitude of identical scalars obeys rigorous two-sided non-perturbative bounds derived via the modern numerical S-matrix bootstrap. These bounds carve out an allowed region with a rich boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-08 Joan Elias Miro , Andrea Guerrieri , Mehmet Asim Gumus

We propose a novel strategy to fit experimental data using a UV complete amplitude ansatz satisfying the constraints of Analyticity, Crossing, and Unitarity. We focus on $\pi\pi$ scattering combining both experimental and lattice data. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-25 Andrea Guerrieri , Kelian Häring , Ning Su

We use the S-matrix bootstrap to carve out the space of unitary, analytic, crossing symmetric and supersymmetric graviton scattering amplitudes in nine, ten and eleven dimensions. We extend and improve the numerical methods of our previous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-28 Andrea Guerrieri , Harish Murali , Joao Penedones , Pedro Vieira

We initiate the S-matrix bootstrap analysis of theories with non-invertible symmetries in (1+1) dimensions. Our previous work showed that crossing symmetry of S-matrices in such theories is modified, with modification characterized by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-04 Christian Copetti , Lucia Cordova , Shota Komatsu

We consider the S-matrix bootstrap of four dimensional scattering amplitudes with $O(3)$ symmetry and no bound-states. We explore the allowed space of scattering lengths which parametrize the interaction strength at threshold of the various…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-26 Andrea L. Guerrieri , Joao Penedones , Pedro Vieira

The analyticity properties of the scattering amplitude for a massive scalar field is reviewed in this article where the spacetime geometry is $R^{3,1}\otimes S^1$ i.e. one spatial dimension is compact. Khuri investigated the analyticity of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 Jnanadeva Maharana

The standard unitarity-cut method is applied to several massive two-dimensional models, including the world-sheet AdS$_5\times S^5$ superstring, to compute $2\to 2$ scattering S-matrices at one loop from tree level amplitudes. Evidence is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-01-03 Valentina Forini , Lorenzo Bianchi , Ben Hoare

We propose a new method for constructing the consistent space of scattering amplitudes by parameterizing the imaginary parts of partial waves and utilizing dispersion relations, crossing symmetry, and full unitarity. Using this framework,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-21 Claudia de Rham , Andrew J. Tolley , Zhuo-Hui Wang , Shuang-Yong Zhou
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