Abstract
We simplify the general form of the fermion–fermion–gauge boson interactions generated by dimension-six gauge-invariant effective operators by using the equations of motion to remove redundant operators. It is found that the most general vertex for off-shell fermions f i , f j and an off-shell boson V = W , Z , γ , g only involves γ μ and σ μ ν q ν terms, with q = p i − p j . Examples are given for the Wtb, Ztt, γtt and gtt interactions, whose general expression is greatly simplified with respect to previous results in the literature. The same arguments apply to top flavour-changing neutral interactions with the Z boson, the photon or the gluon, which can also be parameterised in full generality with only γ μ and σ μ ν q ν couplings. Explicit expressions are given for these vertices in terms of dimension-six gauge-invariant operators. We also discuss how effective operator coefficients might be determined from eventual measurements of anomalous couplings.
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