Energy-Enhanced Expansion of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory

Abstract

We formalize energy-scaling arguments in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) to estimate effects of operators up to dimension ten. Introducing a classification based on the number of external legs and an energy-counting parameter, we establish a dual expansion in \(v/\Lambda\) and \(E/\Lambda\). Extending to four-, five-, and six-particle vertices, our framework highlights energy-enhanced operators that dominate high-energy processes at the HL-LHC. This organization streamlines experimental analyses to only include operators with energetic impact in their analyses and enhances the discoverability of new physics within the SMEFT framework.

Comments: 14 pages, 3 figures, 6 tables