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Digging deeper into effective field theory

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K13533
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 15010:Theoretical studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Melia Thomas  東京大学, カブリ数物連携宇宙研究機構, 特任助教 (30814909)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
KeywordsEffective field theory / Operator bases / Hilbert series / Collider phenomenology / Large Hadron Collider
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project conclusively and systematically solved the problem of constructing operator bases in effective field theories. Namely, it provided a concrete recipe to construct the operator basis of a relativistic effective field theory, given its symmetries. It has filled a significant gap in the literature, and has application in theoretical aspects of the search for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider, and at future colliders, such as the International Linear Collider that is currently in Pre-Lab stage. The project also provided an unanticipated new viewpoint on effective field theory itself, introducing the language of harmonics and power spectra to the paradigm. Unanticipated mathematical links to Monte Carlo integration techniques, and to dark matter direct detection were also uncovered. The research was disseminated in publications in high-impact, peer reviewed international journals, and through invited talks at international and domestic conferences.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、有効理論の系統的な構築手法を提供するものであり、加速器実験における新物理探査や暗黒物質の直接探査等、多数の高エネルギー物理学における将来研究に寄与する。また同時に、高エネルギー物理において既に確立し広く使用されるパラダイムに新しい視点(ハーモニック解析)を導入するものでもある。本研究の社会的意義に関しては、宇宙に関する根本的な問題に関して更なる深い理解を与えるとともに、新しい加速器実験等の大型プロジェクトの科学的意義の議論に重要なインプットを与えるものでもある。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2020 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] UC Berkeley/Johns Hopkins/Yale University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Geneva(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Multiphonon excitations from dark matter scattering in crystals2020

    • Author(s)
      Campbell-Deem Brian、Cox Peter、Knapen Simon、Lin Tongyan、Melia Tom
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 101 Issue: 3 Pages: 036006-036006

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.101.036006

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Constructing effective field theories via their harmonics2019

    • Author(s)
      Henning Brian、Melia Tom
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 100 Issue: 1 Pages: 016015-016015

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.100.016015

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Dark matter phonon coupling2019

    • Author(s)
      Cox Peter、Melia Tom、Rajendran Surjeet
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 100 Issue: 5 Pages: 055011-055011

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.100.055011

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Independently parameterised momenta variables and Monte Carlo IR subtraction2018

    • Author(s)
      Cox Peter、Melia Tom
    • Journal Title

      Journal of High Energy Physics

      Volume: 2018 Issue: 12 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.1007/jhep12(2018)038

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Axion searches in heavy-ion collisions2019

    • Author(s)
      Tom Melia
    • Organizer
      KAIST-KIAX workshop for future particle accelerators
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Probing the sub-MeV window in dark matter direct detection2019

    • Author(s)
      Tom Melia
    • Organizer
      TAUP 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The role of the conformal group in the SM EFT2019

    • Author(s)
      Tom Melia
    • Organizer
      In search of new physics using SMEFT, Argonne National Lab, USA
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Pretty phase space for Monte Carlo IR subtraction2018

    • Author(s)
      Tom Melia
    • Organizer
      High time for higher orders, at MITP Mainz, Germany
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Lovely phase space for good vibrations2018

    • Author(s)
      Tom Melia
    • Organizer
      PRL 60th Anniversary
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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