Radiative Corrections to Neutron Beta Decay and (Anti)Neutrino-Nucleon Scattering from Low-Energy Effective Field Theory

Tomalak, Oleksandr

doi:10.1007/s00601-023-01802-3

Title: Radiative Corrections to Neutron Beta Decay and (Anti)Neutrino-Nucleon Scattering from Low-Energy Effective Field Theory

Journal Article · 29 April 2023 · Few-Body Systems (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-023-01802-3 · OSTI ID:1975046

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Herein we study radiative corrections to neutron beta decay and low-energy (anti)neutrino-nucleon scattering within a top-down effective field theory approach. As it was recently shown, a few electromagnetic and electroweak low-energy coupling constants in heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory are yet to be determined. Performing matching to the four-fermion effective field theory, we relate these low-energy constants to correlation functions of vector and axial-vector currents. Such relations allow us to explicitly clarify scheme dependence for radiative corrections to neutron decay and low-energy charged-current (anti)neutrino scattering, provide a robust prediction of leading in the electromagnetic coupling constant contributions, and achieve a clear separation between short-distance and long-distance contributions.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1975046

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-23-20003; TRN: US2314040

Journal Information:: Few-Body Systems (Online), Vol. 64, Issue 2; Conference: 2022 International Conference on the Structure of Baryons (Baryons 2022), Seville (Spain), 07-11 Nov 2022; ISSN 1432-5411

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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