Exploring the Landscape for Soft Theorems of Nonlinear Sigma Models
Authors: Laurentiu Rodina, Zhewei Yin
Preprint number: UUITP-10/21
Abstract: We generalize soft theorems of the nonlinear sigma model beyond the O(p2) amplitudes and the coset of SU(N)×SU(N)/SU(N). We first discuss the flavor ordering of the amplitudes for the Nambu-Goldstone bosons of a general symmetry group representation, so that we can reinterpret the known O(p2) single soft theorem for SU(N)×SU(N)/SU(N) in the context of a general group representation. We then investigate the special case of the fundamental representation of SO(N), where a special flavor ordering of the "pair basis" is available. We provide novel amplitude relations and a Cachazo-He-Yuan formula for such a basis, and derive the corresponding single soft theorem. Next, we extend the single soft theorem for a general group representation to O(p4), where for at least two specific choices of the O(p4) operators, the leading non-vanishing pieces can be interpreted as new extended theory amplitudes involving bi-adjoint scalars, and the corresponding soft factors are the same as at O(p2). Finally, we compute the general formula for the double soft theorem, valid to all derivative orders, where the leading part in the soft momenta is fixed by the O(p2) Lagrangian, while any possible corrections to the subleading part are determined by the O(p4) Lagrangian alone. Higher order terms in the derivative expansion do not contribute any new corrections to the double soft theorem.