We present a theoretical framework within which both the real and imaginary parts of the complex, two-photon exchange amplitude contributing to KL→μ+μ− decay can be calculated using lattice QCD. The real part of this two-photon amplitude is of approximately the same size as that coming from a second-order weak strangeness-changing neutral-current process. Thus a test of the standard model prediction for this second-order weak process depends on an accurate result of this two-photon amplitude. A limiting factor of our proposed method comes from low-energy three-particle ππγ states. The contribution from these states will be significantly distorted by the finite volume of our calculation -- a distortion for which there is no available correction. However, a simple estimate of the contribution of these three-particle states suggests their contribution to be at most a few percent allowing their neglect in a lattice calculation with a 10% target accuracy.
@article{arxiv.2406.07447,
title = {Calculating the two-photon exchange contribution to $K_L\rightarrow\mu^+\mu^-$ decay},
author = {En-Hung Chao and Norman Christ},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.07447},
year = {2024}
}