Snowmass White Paper: UV Constraints on IR Physics
arXiv:2203.06805
Abstract
Fundamental principles of local quantum field theory or of quantum gravity can enforce consistency requirements on the space of consistent low-energy effective field theories. We survey the various techniques that have been used to put UV constraints on IR physics, including those from causality considerations in the form of S-matrix positivity and bootstrap bounds, scattering time delays, conformal field theory and holographic methods, together with those that arise from landscape/swampland criteria such as the weak gravity conjecture. We review recent applications of these constraints to corrections to Standard Model physics, corrections to Einstein gravity, and cosmological theories and highlight promising future directions.
Contribution to Snowmass 2021; 19 pages + references
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