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
e-Print:
- 2307.02532 [hep-ph]
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.161905 (publication)
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 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 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 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
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