Phenomenological Estimate of Isospin Breaking in Hadronic Vacuum Polarization

Jul 5, 2023
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 131 (2023) 16, 161905
  • Published: Oct 18, 2023
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Report number:
  • PSI-PR-23-22,
  • ZU-TH 32/23,
  • IPARCOS-UCM-23-077

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Abstract: (APS)
Puzzles in the determination of the hadronic-vacuum-polarization contribution currently impede a conclusive interpretation of the precision measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon at the Fermilab experiment. One such puzzle concerns tensions between evaluations in lattice QCD and using e+e-hadrons cross-section data. In lattice QCD, the dominant isospin-symmetric part and isospin-breaking (IB) corrections are calculated separately, with very different systematic effects. Identifying these two pieces in a data-driven approach provides an opportunity to compare them individually and trace back the source of the discrepancy. Here, we estimate the IB component of the lattice-QCD calculations from phenomenology, based on a comprehensive study of exclusive contributions that can be enhanced via infrared singularities, threshold effects, or hadronic resonances, including, for the first time, in the e+e-3π channel. We observe sizable cancellations among different channels, with a sum that even suggests a slightly larger result for the QED correction than obtained in lattice QCD. We conclude that the tensions between lattice QCD and e+e- data therefore cannot be explained by the IB contributions in the lattice-QCD calculations.
Note:
  • 7 pages, 2 figures; journal version
  • muon: magnetic moment
  • threshold: effect
  • quantum electrodynamics: correction
  • vacuum polarization: hadronic
  • singularity: infrared
  • lattice field theory
  • tension
  • isospin
  • precision measurement
  • hadron