Effective Field Theory Amplitudes the On-Shell Way: Scalar and Vector Couplings to Gluons

Abstract

We use on-shell methods to calculate tree-level effective field theory (EFT) amplitudes, with no reference to the EFT operators. Lorentz symmetry, unitarity and Bose statistics determine the allowed kinematical structures. As a by-product, the number of independent EFT operators simply follows from the set of polynomials in the Mandelstam invariants, subject to kinematical constraints. We demonstrate this approach by calculating several amplitudes with a massive, SM-singlet, scalar ($h$) or vector ($Z^{\prime }$) particle coupled to gluons. Specifically, we calculate $hggg$, $hhgg$ and $Z^{\prime }ggg$ amplitudes, which are relevant for the LHC production and three-gluon decays of the massive particle. We then use the results to derive the massless-$Z^{\prime }$ amplitudes, and show how the massive amplitudes decompose into the massless-vector plus scalar amplitudes. Amplitudes with the gluons replaced by photons are straightforwardly obtained from the above.

arXiv comment25 pages, 3 figures v2: references added, typos fixed and equation added in appendix, to appear in JHEP

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