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Matching higher-dimensional operators at finite temperature for general models

Fabio Bernardo , Romain Guillermo Reinle , Philipp Schicho

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keywords dimensional reductionfinite temperatureeffective field theoryhigher-dimensional operatorsphase transitionsStandard ModelDRalgo

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Generic models with scalars, fermions and gauge fields now have automated matching of dimension-five and -six operators in their three-dimensional high-temperature effective theories.

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This paper develops an automated procedure for matching dimension-five and dimension-six operators in three-dimensional effective field theories derived from high-temperature dimensional reduction. These operators quantify the convergence of the high-temperature expansion and become relevant for strong first-order phase transitions. The method is implemented as an extension to the Mathematica package DRalgo and applies to arbitrary models containing scalars, fermions, and gauge fields. It supplies an explicit operator basis, handles field redefinitions to remove redundancies, and demonstrates results for a scalar-Yukawa model, hot QCD, and the full Standard Model including mixed-sector and parity-violating operators.

Core claim

The central claim is that an automated matching framework for generic three-dimensional dimension-five and -six operators exists for arbitrary models containing scalars, fermions, and gauge fields, implemented as an extension of the DRalgo package. The framework supplies the operator basis, performs the matching while accounting for field redefinitions, and yields explicit results for the scalar-Yukawa model, hot QCD, and the Standard Model up to dimension six, including operators that mix the strong and electroweak sectors as well as parity-violating contributions.

What carries the argument

The automated matching algorithm in the extended DRalgo package, which performs the high-temperature dimensional reduction and matches the higher-dimensional operators while using field redefinitions to eliminate redundant operators and control gauge dependence.

If this is right

Strong first-order phase transitions can now be studied with quantified convergence of the high-temperature expansion.
Explicit matched operators are available for the full Standard Model, including mixed strong-electroweak and parity-violating terms.
Hot QCD and scalar-Yukawa models gain systematic higher-dimensional corrections without manual derivation.
General models containing scalars, fermions, and gauge fields can be treated uniformly rather than case by case.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The automation could be applied to beyond-Standard-Model scenarios to map out new regions where higher operators alter the strength of cosmological phase transitions.
Matched coefficients could be fed directly into lattice simulations to test the reliability of the effective theory truncation.
The same procedure might be extended to dimension-seven operators or to other effective field theory reductions beyond three dimensions.

Load-bearing premise

The high-temperature expansion remains valid and the chosen operator basis after field redefinitions captures all relevant contributions without missing gauge-dependent artifacts that affect physical observables.

What would settle it

A direct numerical comparison of a physical quantity such as the bubble nucleation rate or the latent heat in a specific model, computed once with only the super-renormalizable operators and once with the newly matched dimension-five and -six operators included, would show whether the higher operators produce a measurable shift.

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High-temperature dimensional reduction provides a systematic effective field theory framework for studying finite-temperature thermodynamics and cosmological phase transitions. While the matching of super-renormalizable operators in the resulting three-dimensional effective theories is well established, the matching of higher-dimensional operators has recently been reinvigorated. These operators become phenomenologically relevant in strong first-order phase transitions where they quantify the convergence of the high-temperature expansion. This work automates the matching of generic three-dimensional dimension-five and -six operators for arbitrary models containing scalars, fermions, and gauge fields, implemented as an extension of the Mathematica package DRalgo. We present the operator basis, the matching procedure, and explicit examples including a scalar-Yukawa model, hot QCD, and the full Standard Model up to dimension six, covering operators mixing the strong and electroweak sectors as well as parity-violating contributions. Redundant operators, gauge dependence, and the corresponding field redefinitions are discussed in detail. The code and example model files are publicly available at https://github.com/DR-algo/DRalgo.

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This extends DRalgo to automate matching of generic dim-5 and dim-6 operators in 3D thermal EFTs for arbitrary scalar-fermion-gauge models, with explicit SM examples and public code.

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The core advance is the automation of matching for dimension-five and six operators in the three-dimensional effective theory obtained from high-temperature dimensional reduction. Prior work handled only super-renormalizable terms; this adds the higher operators for general models and ships the implementation as an extension to DRalgo, along with the operator basis, matching rules, and worked examples that include the full Standard Model with strong-electroweak mixing and parity-violating pieces. The code and model files are public on GitHub, which makes the results directly usable and checkable. Field redefinitions to remove redundancies and the treatment of gauge dependence are laid out explicitly, following the usual perturbative high-T procedure without circular definitions or fitted parameters. The examples for a scalar-Yukawa model, hot QCD, and the complete SM demonstrate that the machinery runs on realistic cases. The construction is internally consistent and the public release lowers the barrier for others to test or extend it. A minor limitation is that the paper focuses on the matching step itself; readers will still need to run their own numerical checks to see how much the new operators shift phase-transition observables in specific models. The high-T expansion validity is taken as given, which is standard but worth keeping in mind when the expansion parameter is not small. This is aimed at people already working with thermal EFTs for cosmology or gravitational-wave signals who want to include higher operators systematically rather than by hand. Anyone doing concrete calculations in the Standard Model or extensions will get immediate value from the code. The work is solid enough on its own terms to deserve a serious referee, even if some users will want additional validation plots in a revised version. I would send it to peer review.

Referee Report

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Summary. The paper presents an extension of the DRalgo Mathematica package that automates the matching of generic three-dimensional dimension-five and -six operators for arbitrary models containing scalars, fermions, and gauge fields. It details the operator basis, the matching procedure including treatment of redundancies via field redefinitions, gauge dependence, and provides explicit worked examples for a scalar-Yukawa model, hot QCD, and the full Standard Model (including mixed strong-electroweak and parity-violating operators). The code and model files are made publicly available.

Significance. If the implementation is correct, this work supplies a practical and systematic tool for incorporating higher-dimensional operators into high-temperature effective field theories, which is essential for quantifying the convergence of the high-temperature expansion in strong first-order phase transitions. The automation for general models, explicit handling of field redefinitions, and public code release are notable strengths that enhance reproducibility and enable broader applications beyond the Standard Model.

minor comments (2)

[§4.3] §4.3 (SM example): the discussion of parity-violating operators would benefit from an explicit table listing the matched coefficients alongside their field-redefinition contributions to facilitate direct comparison with prior manual calculations in the literature.
[§4.2] The manuscript would be strengthened by adding a short subsection on numerical validation of the automated matching against known analytic results for at least one operator in the hot QCD example.

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We thank the referee for the positive assessment of our manuscript and the recommendation for minor revision. No major comments were raised in the report.

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No significant circularity; derivation is self-contained

full rationale

The manuscript automates standard perturbative matching of dimension-5/6 operators in the high-temperature 3D EFT for generic scalar-fermion-gauge models by extending the existing DRalgo package. The operator basis is obtained through explicit field redefinitions that remove redundancies according to established EFT power-counting rules; matching coefficients are computed from one- and two-loop diagrams in the high-T expansion using conventional techniques. Worked examples (scalar-Yukawa, hot QCD, full SM) are supplied together with public code, allowing direct external verification. No result is obtained by fitting parameters to the target observables, by self-referential definitions, or by load-bearing self-citations whose validity is presupposed; prior DRalgo references supply context but are not required to close the derivation chain.

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The work relies on established high-temperature dimensional reduction techniques and perturbative matching without introducing new free parameters or postulated entities.

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domain assumption Standard perturbative matching rules in the high-temperature limit apply to the chosen operator basis
Invoked when describing the matching procedure for dimension-five and -six operators.

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