High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · arXiv:hep-ph/9203216 v3 · submitted 18 Mar 1992
Uses and Abuses of Effective Lagrangians
The paper says
“We demonstrate that many calculations, such as those involving anomalous trilinear gauge-boson couplings, either considerably overestimate loop-induced effects, or give ambiguous answers.”
from the abstract · picked out as the main claim by a classifier
Reviews
Reviews by people
No person has reviewed this paper on Pith yet. A scientist listed on Pith can review it for a fee, and their review is published here whatever it concludes.
The paper
Abstract
Motivated by past and recent analyses we critically re-examine the use of effective lagrangians in the literature to constrain new physics and to determine the `physics reach' of future experiments. We demonstrate that many calculations, such as those involving anomalous trilinear gauge-boson couplings, either considerably overestimate loop-induced effects, or give ambiguous answers. The source of these problems is the use of cutoffs to evaluate the size of such operators in loop diagrams. In contrast to other critics of these loop estimates, we prove that the inclusion of nonlinearly-realized gauge invariance into the low-energy lagrangian is irrelevant to this conclusion. We use an explicit example using known multi-Higgs physics above the weak scale to underline these points. We show how to draw conclusions regarding the nature of the unknown high-energy physics without making reference to low-energy cutoffs.
The paper's own sentences, arranged. Each label is drawn from a closed vocabulary; the number beside it is the probability the classifier gave that label. No sentence in this record was written by a model.
abstract compiled · 2026-09-23 · no language-model review
How the main claim is stated: asserted 1.00
What the abstract itself states, as probabilities: claims first 0.05 · states limitation 0.12 · human participants 0.01 · controlled comparison 0.06 · randomized assignment 0.01 · states quantitative result 0.04 · compares with prior results 0.90 · mentions code or data availability 0.01
The abstract, sentence by sentence
This table labels the abstract only (arXiv listing abstract v3). The number is the probability the classifier gave the label.
| Sentence | Role | The authors' own work | States the main conclusion | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motivated by past and recent analyses we critically re-examine the use of effective lagrangians in the literature to constrain new physics and to determine the `physics reach' of future experiments. | contribution 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.07 | asserted 0.69 |
| We demonstrate that many calculations, such as those involving anomalous trilinear gauge-boson couplings, either considerably overestimate loop-induced effects, or give ambiguous answers. | result 0.98 | 0.54 | 0.40 | asserted 1.00 |
| The source of these problems is the use of cutoffs to evaluate the size of such operators in loop diagrams. | interpretation 0.70 | 0.36 | 0.16 | asserted 1.00 |
| In contrast to other critics of these loop estimates, we prove that the inclusion of nonlinearly-realized gauge invariance into the low-energy lagrangian is irrelevant to this conclusion. | result 0.71 | 0.91 | 0.20 | asserted 1.00 |
| We use an explicit example using known multi-Higgs physics above the weak scale to underline these points. | method 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.04 | asserted 0.97 |
| We show how to draw conclusions regarding the nature of the unknown high-energy physics without making reference to low-energy cutoffs. | contribution 0.77 | 0.90 | 0.44 | asserted 1.00 |
What kind of paper the classifier reports this is: position or commentary 0.49 · evidence from proof or derivation 0.85
What was examined, and what was not
Sources read
- arXiv listing abstract v3
Not examined
- full text
- figures and tables
- references and citing sentences
- relations to other papers
Levels run
- P abstract
Not run
- S sections
- T body sentences
- C citations
- R cross-paper relations
How the labels were made
Compiled by classifier-1.13-20260917 via OpenRouter, question bank abstract-p1-20260923, 2026-09-23: 1 request, 4,915 input tokens, $0.0002 reported.
Every quoted sentence on this record is the authors'. Every label is from Pith's closed vocabulary, with the probability shown beside it. This record as JSON
Cited by 20 Pith papers
Reviewed papers on Pith that cite this one. The full citation record
- Probing Gravity -- Fundamental Aspects of Metric Theories and their Implications for Tests of General Relativity gr-qc · Dec 2024
- Positivity Bounds for Massive Spin-1 and Spin-2 Fields hep-th · Apr 2018
- Generalized Galileon Duality hep-th · Mar 2014
- Improved Positivity Bounds and Massive Gravity hep-th · Oct 2017
- Riding on irrelevant operators hep-th · May 2014
- An Indirect Model-Dependent Probe of the Higgs Self-Coupling hep-ph · Dec 2013
- Probing Quartic Neutral Gauge Boson Couplings using diffractive photon fusion at the LHC hep-ph · Nov 2011
- Anisotropic Modulus Stabilisation: Strings at LHC Scales with Micron-sized Extra Dimensions hep-th · May 2011
- Uplifting and Inflation with D3 Branes hep-th · Oct 2006
- Warped Supersymmetry Breaking hep-th · Oct 2006
- New CP Violation in Neutrino Oscillations hep-ph · May 2001
- Aspects of Galileon Non-Renormalization hep-th · Jun 2016
- Mapping the genuine bosonic quartic couplings hep-ph · Apr 2016
- Disentangling a dynamical Higgs hep-ph · Nov 2013
- New Constraints (and Motivations) for Abelian Gauge Bosons in the MeV-TeV Mass Range hep-ph · Mar 2011
- Implications for New Physics from Fine-Tuning Arguments: I. Application to SUSY and Seesaw Cases hep-ph · Oct 2004
- Infrared effects in inflationary correlation functions astro-ph.CO · May 2010
- Introduction to Effective Field Theory hep-th · Jan 2007
- Inflation and String Theory hep-th · Apr 2014
- Massive Gravity hep-th · Jan 2014
How the literature uses it
22 arXiv papers cite this in 34 sentences
Papers whose main result relates to this one's
States the same result 1 paper
-
We illustrate that, if done carefully, one finds that the true constraints on anomalous TGC's are much weaker.
Loop Calculations with Anomalous Gauge Boson Couplings · 0.80
Papers citing it · 26 sentences without a confident label
Cites it as support 2 papers
-
As discussed in [ref] this may well be the case for many theories since power-law divergences are not necessarily good indicators (a similar viewpoint was expressed by Burgess & London in Ref. [ref] ).
Riding on irrelevant operators · One-loop effective action · 0.97
-
On the contrary, all hierarchy problems may be viewed as arising from logarithmic divergences from heavy mass threshold corrections [ref] .
Generalized Galileon Duality · Dual of a Renormalizable theory · 0.96
Cites it as background 5 papers
-
It is known that some care must be taken when attempting to incorporate terms from an effective Lagrangian into loop calculations [ref] .
Using t -> b \bar{b} c to Search for New Physics · Standard Model and New-Physics Contributions · 0.83
-
The usage of contact interactions, or effective higher dimensional operators, is a well-known way of parameterizing possible deviations from the SM in a model independent way [ref] .
Testing extra dimensions below the production threshold of Kaluza-Klein excitations · Introduction · 0.97
-
One then constructs an action (or a “phenomenological lagrangian" [ref] ) which contains all local operators in the local degrees of freedom, suitably weighted by inverse powers of $M$ [ref] .
Accelerated expansion in the effective field theory of a radiation dominated universe · Introduction · 0.95
Challenges and discussion
Know something about this paper? Leave a comment.
Come back by email
A short list of the week's newly reviewed papers. Nothing is sent until you confirm from your inbox, and every email has a link that stops it. No account.
No comments yet.
Sign in to comment