Magíster en Ciencias, Mención Astronomía / Cold Dark matter (ΛCDM) models have been remarkably successful to explain the observed large scale structure of our universe on scales of the order of galaxy clusters (≥ 4 Mpc) and above (therefore in this work we consider large scale beyond the aforementioned limit). However, this class of models has some problems at short scales, (∼ 1 Mpc or lower) dubbed Small Scale Controversies . It is important to remark that, for purposes of our work, we consider lower than 1 Mpc as short-scales. One of small scale issues is associated to the Dark Matter halo structure: cosmological simulations that take into account only gravity and collisionless matter, predict halos and substructures with densities much higher than those derived from galactic dynamics and observations. A possible way to conciliate theory with observations is to consider self interactive dark matter (SIDM). Models with SIDM generate predictions consistent with observations on Large Scales, the domain where ΛCDM is successful, but in addition it does not conflict with observations on "small scale". In absence of a theory that incorporates self interactive dark matter, it is possible to use the so-called Effective Field Theory (EFT) framework to investigate some aspects of dark matter. The use of effective field theory techniques to study the role of dark matter during the period of structure formation in the Universe has provided a powerful parametrization of the dark matter physics at short scales. Recently, some researchers have advocated the use of the latter approach to model the large scale structure as a fluid and considering gravity by incorporating systematically non linear terms in the theoretical treatment. In this work, we use some recent approaches [2, 12] to study analytically collisional dark matter in the form of self interactions. We derive generalized expressions of some of the equations presented in ref.[2], corresponding to corrections to the momentum equation and the effective energy equation, and discuss the implications for the behavior of dark matter and its effect on structure formation. In particular, we find that, by taking into account self interactions, some corrections terms appear both in the momentum and energy equations. These corrections arise from the non-linear effects that modify the standard equations. We show that these new terms can solve some of the small scale issues because the self interactive dark matter reduces the central densities of the galaxy dark matter halos.

A presente tese propõe-se a investigar a discussão que ocorre na literatura hadrônica de baixas energias com relação à renormalização de teorias efetivas não-perturbativas, no caso particular do sistema nucleon-nucleon. Os detalhes que tornam o problema não-trivial são a existência do potencial tensor devido à troca de um píon e o aspecto não-relativístico tanto da equação dinâmica (Lippmann-Schwinger ou Schrödinger) quanto da derivação do potencial. A teoria de perturbação quiral (PT), desenvolvida por Gasser e Leutwyler, tem se mostrado como a mais fiel representação da QCD em baixas energias. A extensão da PT para o setor envolvendo poucos nucleons foi realizada por Weinberg, através de um esquema de contagem de potências quiral (power counting). O power counting de Weinberg tem sido severamente criticado na literatura devido à sua não-renormalizabilidade, que possui estreita relação à divergência da troca de um píon. Recentemente, Staporoli estudou a inclusão de campos auxiliares capazes de absorver as divergências provenientes da troca de um píon. A natureza desses campos são escolhidas por critérios de grande número de cores na QCD. Neste trabalho, mostramos que a inclusão de um campo auxiliar vetorial na teoria efetiva, em ordem dominante, é um ingrediente capaz de absorver as divergências de curto alcance e fornecer resultados com muito boa concordância com as análises de ondas parciais do grupo de Nijmegen (PWA93). Desta maneira, este estudo instaura a renormalizabilidade do sistema de dois nucleons, ausente na proposta de Weinberg, além de ser uma alternativa de maior apelo físico e com menos procedimentos ad hoc, como na promoção de contra-termos sugerida por Nogga, Timmermans e van Kolck. / The present work aims at investigating the current discussion in the literature of low-energy hadron physics, concerning the non-perturbative renormalization of effective field theories, in particular, the case of a system with two nucleons. The details that make this issue non-trivial are the existence of a tensor potential due to the exchange of one pion, as well as the non-relativistic aspects of both the dynamical equation (Lippmann-Schwinger or Schrödinger) and the derivation of the nucleon-nucleon potential. Chiral perturbation theory (PT), developed by Gasser and Leutwyler, has been shown to be the most faithful representation of low energy QCD. The extension of PT to the sector involving few- nucleons was performed by Weinberg, through a power counting scheme. Weinberg\'s power counting has been severely criticized in the literature for its non-renormalizability, which is closely related to the divergence of the one-pion exchange. Recently, Staporoli studied the inclusion of auxiliary fields capable of absorbing divergences from the exchange of a pion. The nature of these fields are chosen by criteria of large number of colors in QCD. In this work, we show that the inclusion of a vector auxiliary field in the effective theory, at dominant order, is an ingredient capable of absorbing the short-range divergences and provides results with very good agreement with the partial wave analysis of the Nijmegen group (PWA93). In this way, this study establishes the renormalizability of the two nucleon system, absent in the Weinberg\'s proposal, besides of being an alternative with larger physical appealing and with less ad hoc procedures, as the promotion of counter-terms suggested by Nogga, Timmermans and van Kolck.

The future of new physics searches at the LHC will be to look for hadronic signals with jets. In order to distinguish a hadronic signal from its background, it is important to develop advanced collider physics techniques that make accurate theoretical predictions. This work centers on phenomenological and formal studies of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), including resummation of hadronic observables using Soft Collinear Effective Theory (SCET), calculating anomalous dimensions of multi-Wilson line operators in AdS, and improving jet physics analysis using multiple event interpretations. / Physics

A presente tese propõe-se a investigar a discussão que ocorre na literatura hadrônica de baixas energias com relação à renormalização de teorias efetivas não-perturbativas, no caso particular do sistema nucleon-nucleon. Os detalhes que tornam o problema não-trivial são a existência do potencial tensor devido à troca de um píon e o aspecto não-relativístico tanto da equação dinâmica (Lippmann-Schwinger ou Schrödinger) quanto da derivação do potencial. A teoria de perturbação quiral (PT), desenvolvida por Gasser e Leutwyler, tem se mostrado como a mais fiel representação da QCD em baixas energias. A extensão da PT para o setor envolvendo poucos nucleons foi realizada por Weinberg, através de um esquema de contagem de potências quiral (power counting). O power counting de Weinberg tem sido severamente criticado na literatura devido à sua não-renormalizabilidade, que possui estreita relação à divergência da troca de um píon. Recentemente, Staporoli estudou a inclusão de campos auxiliares capazes de absorver as divergências provenientes da troca de um píon. A natureza desses campos são escolhidas por critérios de grande número de cores na QCD. Neste trabalho, mostramos que a inclusão de um campo auxiliar vetorial na teoria efetiva, em ordem dominante, é um ingrediente capaz de absorver as divergências de curto alcance e fornecer resultados com muito boa concordância com as análises de ondas parciais do grupo de Nijmegen (PWA93). Desta maneira, este estudo instaura a renormalizabilidade do sistema de dois nucleons, ausente na proposta de Weinberg, além de ser uma alternativa de maior apelo físico e com menos procedimentos ad hoc, como na promoção de contra-termos sugerida por Nogga, Timmermans e van Kolck. / The present work aims at investigating the current discussion in the literature of low-energy hadron physics, concerning the non-perturbative renormalization of effective field theories, in particular, the case of a system with two nucleons. The details that make this issue non-trivial are the existence of a tensor potential due to the exchange of one pion, as well as the non-relativistic aspects of both the dynamical equation (Lippmann-Schwinger or Schrödinger) and the derivation of the nucleon-nucleon potential. Chiral perturbation theory (PT), developed by Gasser and Leutwyler, has been shown to be the most faithful representation of low energy QCD. The extension of PT to the sector involving few- nucleons was performed by Weinberg, through a power counting scheme. Weinberg\'s power counting has been severely criticized in the literature for its non-renormalizability, which is closely related to the divergence of the one-pion exchange. Recently, Staporoli studied the inclusion of auxiliary fields capable of absorbing divergences from the exchange of a pion. The nature of these fields are chosen by criteria of large number of colors in QCD. In this work, we show that the inclusion of a vector auxiliary field in the effective theory, at dominant order, is an ingredient capable of absorbing the short-range divergences and provides results with very good agreement with the partial wave analysis of the Nijmegen group (PWA93). In this way, this study establishes the renormalizability of the two nucleon system, absent in the Weinberg\'s proposal, besides of being an alternative with larger physical appealing and with less ad hoc procedures, as the promotion of counter-terms suggested by Nogga, Timmermans and van Kolck.

Effective field theories (EFTs) provide frameworks to systematically improve perturbation expansions in quantum field theory. This improvement is essential in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) predictions, both at low energy in the description of low momentum hadron-hadron scattering and at high energy in the description of electron-positron, proton-proton, proton-electron collisions. It is also important in quantum electrodynamics (QED), when electrons interact with a high-intensity, long-wavelength classical field. I introduce the principles and methods of effective field theory and describe my work in three EFTs: First, in the perturbative QCD region, I use soft collinear effective theory (SCET) to prove that strong interaction soft radiation is universal and to increase the QCD accuracy to next-to-next-to-next-to leading logarithm order for new particle searches in hadron colliders. I also compute a new class of non-perturbative, large logarithmic enhancement arising near the elastic limits of deep inelastic scattering and Drell-Yan processes. Second, in the QCD confinement region, I use heavy hadron chiral perturbation theory to study near-threshold enhancements in the scattering of 𝐷 and 𝜋 mesons near the threshold for the excited 𝐷-meson state, 𝐷*, as well as in the scattering of 𝐷 and 𝐷* mesons near the threshold for the exotic hadron X(3872). This work provides a clear picture of the hadronic molecule X(3872) and more profound understanding of the nuclear force between hadrons. Finally, inspired by SCET, I construct a new electron-laser effective field theory to describe highly-relativistic electrons traveling in strong laser fields, extract the universal distribution of electrons in strong electromagnetic backgrounds and its evolution in energy from the separated momentum scales of emitted photons and classical radiation, and predict the rate of wide angle photon emission. I conclude with limitations of EFT methods and some perspectives on what new work may be achieved with these EFTs.

Apresentamos dois modelos para o elétron na eletrodinâmica clássica que incorporam alguns efeitos da eletrodinâmica quântica. No primeiro modelo, o elétron é tratado como uma partícula extensa como conseqüência das oscilações de alta-freqüência (Zitterbewegung) que sua carga elétrica realiza. Mostramos que este modelo prevê corretamente a magnitude do spin do elétron e lhe atribui o mesmo fator giromagnético previsto pela equação de Dirac sem correções radiativas. Neste modelo, a auto-energia do elétron diverge logaritmicamente como resultado da distribuição extensa de sua carga elétrica. No segundo modelo, a criação de pares virtuais em torno do elétron é levada em conta por uma generalização da lagrangeana do campo eletromagnético que respeita as simetrias da eletrodinâmica clássica. Esta generalização altera a interação entre o elétron e o campo eletromagnético em pequenas distâncias e permite que a auto-força de uma partícula puntiforme seja determinada de modo consistente. Mostramos que as soluções da equação de movimento resultante não apresentam auto-aceleração nem pré-aceleração, sendo consistentes com a causalidade. / We present two models for the electron in classical electrodynamics, which include some effects from quantum electrodynamics. In the first model, the electron is treated as an extended particle owing to the high-frequency oscillations (Zitterbewegung) of its electrical charge. We show that this model predicts correctly the magnitude of the electron spin and it gives the electron the same gyromagnetic factor as predicted by Dirac equation without radiative corrections. In this model, the electron self-energy has a logarithmic divergence due to the extended distribution of its electric charge. In the second model, virtual pair creation around the electron is taken into account by a generalization of the lagrangian for the electromagnetic field that preserves the symmetries of classical electrodynamics. This generalization changes the interaction of the electron with the electromagnetic field at small distances and allows us to evaluate the self-force of a point particle in a consistent way. We show that the solutions of the derived equation of motion do not exhibit self-acceleration nor pre-acceleration, being consistent with causality.

Apresentamos dois modelos para o elétron na eletrodinâmica clássica que incorporam alguns efeitos da eletrodinâmica quântica. No primeiro modelo, o elétron é tratado como uma partícula extensa como conseqüência das oscilações de alta-freqüência (Zitterbewegung) que sua carga elétrica realiza. Mostramos que este modelo prevê corretamente a magnitude do spin do elétron e lhe atribui o mesmo fator giromagnético previsto pela equação de Dirac sem correções radiativas. Neste modelo, a auto-energia do elétron diverge logaritmicamente como resultado da distribuição extensa de sua carga elétrica. No segundo modelo, a criação de pares virtuais em torno do elétron é levada em conta por uma generalização da lagrangeana do campo eletromagnético que respeita as simetrias da eletrodinâmica clássica. Esta generalização altera a interação entre o elétron e o campo eletromagnético em pequenas distâncias e permite que a auto-força de uma partícula puntiforme seja determinada de modo consistente. Mostramos que as soluções da equação de movimento resultante não apresentam auto-aceleração nem pré-aceleração, sendo consistentes com a causalidade. / We present two models for the electron in classical electrodynamics, which include some effects from quantum electrodynamics. In the first model, the electron is treated as an extended particle owing to the high-frequency oscillations (Zitterbewegung) of its electrical charge. We show that this model predicts correctly the magnitude of the electron spin and it gives the electron the same gyromagnetic factor as predicted by Dirac equation without radiative corrections. In this model, the electron self-energy has a logarithmic divergence due to the extended distribution of its electric charge. In the second model, virtual pair creation around the electron is taken into account by a generalization of the lagrangian for the electromagnetic field that preserves the symmetries of classical electrodynamics. This generalization changes the interaction of the electron with the electromagnetic field at small distances and allows us to evaluate the self-force of a point particle in a consistent way. We show that the solutions of the derived equation of motion do not exhibit self-acceleration nor pre-acceleration, being consistent with causality.

Le problème de la limite continue de la gravitation quantique à boucle est encore ouvert. En effet, la dynamique précise n’est pas connue et nous ne disposons pas des outils nécessaires à l’étude de cette limite le cas échéant. Dans cette thèse, nous étudions quelques méthodes de coarse-graining (étude à gros grains) qui devraient contribuer à cette entreprise. Nous nous concentrons sur deux aspects du flot: la détermination d’observables naturelles à grandes échelles d’un côté et la manière de s’abstraire du problème de la dynamique à graphe variable en la projetant sur des graphes fixes de l'autre.Pour déterminer les observables aux grandes distances, nous étudions le cas des tétraèdres hyperboliques et leur description naturelle dans un langage proche de celui de la gravitation quantique à boucle. Les holonomies de surface en particulier jouent un rôle important. Cela dégage la structure des double spin networks constitués d'un graphe et de son dual, structure qui semble aussi apparaître dans les travaux de Freidel et al. Pour résoudre le problème des graphes variables, nous considérons et définissons les loopy spin networks. Ils encodent par des boucles la courbure locale d'un vertex effectif et permettent ainsi de décrire différents graphes en les masquant via le processus de coarse-graining. De plus, leur définition donne un procédé naturel systématique de coarse-graining pour passer d'une échelle à une autre.Ensemble, ces deux principaux résultats posent le fondement d'un programme de coarse-graining pour les théories invariantes sous difféomorphismes. / The continuum limit of loop quantum gravity is still an open problem. Indeed, no proper dynamics in known to start with and we still lack the mathematical tools to study its would-be continuum limit. In the present PhD dissertation, we will investigate some coarse-graining methods that should become helpful in this enterprise. We concentrate on two aspects of the theory's coarse-graining: finding natural large scale observables on one hand and studying how the dynamics of varying graphs could be cast onto fixed graphs on the other hand.To determine large scale observables, we study the case of hyperbolic tetrahedra and their natural description in a language close to loop quantum gravity. The surface holonomies in particular play an important role. This highlights the structure of double spin networks, which consist in a graph and its dual, which seems to also appear in works from Freidel et al. To solve the problem of varying graphs, we consider and define loopy spin networks. They encode the local curvature with loops around an effective vertex and allow to describe different graphs by hidding them in a coarse-graining process. Moreover, their definition gives a natural procedure for coarse-graining allowing to relate different scales.Together, these two results constitute the foundation of a coarse-graining programme for diffeomorphism invariant theories.

Au cours des dernières décennies, des théories effectives des champs (TEC) ont été largement utilisées comme approche de la physique à interaction forte et à faible énergie (régimes nucléaires et hadroniques). Dans cette thèse, nous explorons en détail trois exemples d'applications du programme des TEC au système NN dans l'état de spin singulet (onde S et ondes périphériques respectivement) et aux molécules théorisées de mésons lourds DDs0* et D*Ds1*. / During the last few decades, effective field theories (EFT) have been widely used as an approach to low-energy strong-interacting physics (nuclear and hadronic regimes). In this thesis, we will explore in detail three examples of applications of the EFT program to the spin-singlet NN system (S wave and peripheral waves respectively) and to the theorized heavy-meson molecules DDs0* and D*Ds1*.