Standard Model and Beyond · Problem 3.30

Gauge Theories

Physics — Particle Physics · field-redefinition-ssb-amplitudes

Problem

Consider the spontaneously broken theory of a complex scalar field in Section 3.3.3, which is described after symmetry breaking by the Lagrangian density in (3.155) for a rectangular basis, or by (3.163) in a polar basis. (a) Show that the on-shell amplitudes for ϕ1′(p1)ϕ2′(p2)→ϕ1′(p3)ϕ2′(p4)\phi'_1(p_1)\phi'_2(p_2) \to \phi'_1(p_3)\phi'_2(p_4) and η(p1)ξ(p2)→η(p3)ξ(p4)\eta(p_1)\xi(p_2) \to \eta(p_3)\xi(p_4) are the same at tree-level. (b) Now consider pseudoscalar-fermion scattering ϕ2′(p1)ψ(p2)→ϕ2′(p3)ψ(p4)\phi'_2(p_1)\psi(p_2) \to \phi'_2(p_3)\psi(p_4). The Yukawa interactions are given for three parametrizations in (3.159), (3.164), and (3.166), and the corresponding scalar interactions in (3.155) and (3.163). Show that the tree-level amplitudes are the same in all three parametrizations.

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