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Title: Systematic effects of the quenched approximation on the strong penguin contribution to epsilon-prime / epsilon

Journal Article · · Phys.Rev.D74:034510,2006

We discuss the implementation and properties of the quenched approximation in the calculation of the left-right, strong penguin contributions (i.e. Q{sub 6}) to {epsilon}{prime}/{epsilon}. The coefficient of the new chiral logarithm, discovered by Golterman and Pallante, which appears at leading order in quenched chiral perturbation theory is evaluated using both the method proposed by those authors and by an improved approach which is free of power divergent corrections. The result implies a large quenching artifact in the contribution of Q{sub 6} to {epsilon}{prime}/{epsilon}. This failure of the quenched approximation affects only the strong penguin operators and so does not affect the Q8 contribution to {epsilon}{prime}/{epsilon} nor ReA{sub 0}, ReAP{sub 2} and thus, the {Delta}I = 1/2 rule at tree level in chiral perturbation theory.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
892513
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-05-062-T; arXiv eprint number hep-lat/0603025; TRN: US0701127
Journal Information:
Phys.Rev.D74:034510,2006, Journal Name: Phys.Rev.D74:034510,2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English