Unitarity of Minkowski non-local theories made explicit

2 Mar 2021  ·  Alexey S. Koshelev, Anna Tokareva ·

In this work we explicitly show that the perturbative unitarity of analytic infinite derivative (AID) scalar field theories can be achieved using a modified prescription for computing scattering amplitudes. The crux of the new prescription is the analytic continuation of a result obtained in the Euclidean signature to the Minkowski external momenta. We intensively elaborate an example of a non-local $\phi^4$ model for various infinite derivative operators. General UV properties of amplitudes in non-local theories are discussed.

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High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology