Radiative corrections to neutron and nuclear beta decays revisited
Abstract
The universal radiative corrections common to neutron and superallowed nuclear beta decays (also known as “inner” corrections) are revisited in light of a recent dispersion relation study that found +2.467(22)%, i.e., about 2.4σ larger than the previous evaluation. For comparison, we consider several alternative computational methods. All employ an updated perturbative QCD four-loop Bjorken sum rule defined QCD coupling supplemented with a nucleon form factor based Born amplitude to estimate axial-vector induced hadronic contributions. In addition, we now include hadronic contributions from low Q2 loop effects based on duality considerations and vector meson resonance interpolators. Our primary result, 2.426(32)%, corresponds to an average of a light-front holographic QCD approach and a three-resonance interpolator fit. It reduces the dispersion relation discrepancy to approximately 1.1σ and thereby provides a consistency check. Consequences of our new radiative correction estimate, along with that of the dispersion relation result, for Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity are discussed. The neutron lifetime-gA connection is updated and shown to suggest a shorter neutron lifetime less than 879 s. We also find an improved bound on exotic, non–Standard Model, neutron decays or oscillations of the type conjectured as solutions to the neutron lifetime problem, BR(n → exotics) < 0.16%.
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1571309
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1574109
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-212325-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 073008
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- SC0012704
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 100 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; neutron; beta decay; QCD; inner SM; CKM
Citation Formats
Czarnecki, Andrzej, Marciano, William J., and Sirlin, Alberto. Radiative corrections to neutron and nuclear beta decays revisited. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073008.
Czarnecki, Andrzej, Marciano, William J., & Sirlin, Alberto. Radiative corrections to neutron and nuclear beta decays revisited. United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073008.
Czarnecki, Andrzej, Marciano, William J., and Sirlin, Alberto. Mon .
"Radiative corrections to neutron and nuclear beta decays revisited". United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073008.
@article{osti_1571309,
title = {Radiative corrections to neutron and nuclear beta decays revisited},
author = {Czarnecki, Andrzej and Marciano, William J. and Sirlin, Alberto},
abstractNote = {The universal radiative corrections common to neutron and superallowed nuclear beta decays (also known as “inner” corrections) are revisited in light of a recent dispersion relation study that found +2.467(22)%, i.e., about 2.4σ larger than the previous evaluation. For comparison, we consider several alternative computational methods. All employ an updated perturbative QCD four-loop Bjorken sum rule defined QCD coupling supplemented with a nucleon form factor based Born amplitude to estimate axial-vector induced hadronic contributions. In addition, we now include hadronic contributions from low Q2 loop effects based on duality considerations and vector meson resonance interpolators. Our primary result, 2.426(32)%, corresponds to an average of a light-front holographic QCD approach and a three-resonance interpolator fit. It reduces the dispersion relation discrepancy to approximately 1.1σ and thereby provides a consistency check. Consequences of our new radiative correction estimate, along with that of the dispersion relation result, for Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity are discussed. The neutron lifetime-gA connection is updated and shown to suggest a shorter neutron lifetime less than 879 s. We also find an improved bound on exotic, non–Standard Model, neutron decays or oscillations of the type conjectured as solutions to the neutron lifetime problem, BR(n → exotics) < 0.16%.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073008},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 7,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
}
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073008
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