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Full One-Loop Radiative Corrections to the Asymmetry Parameter of Polarised Neutron Beta Decay

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We present a calculation of full one-loop radiative corrections, including the constant term, to the asymmetry parameter of polarised neutron beta decay. This gives the radiative correction to the axial coupling constant gAg_A extracted from the beta asymmetry so that it ties to gAg_A that appears in neutron decay lifetime in a consistent renormalisation scheme. We find that the ratio of axial-vector to vector couplings determined from the beta asymmetry, after taking account of the outer radiative correction, is related to the bare value as GA/GV=1.0012GA0/GV0G_A/G_V=1.0012 G_A^0/G_V^0.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0405298,
  title  = {Full One-Loop Radiative Corrections to the Asymmetry Parameter of Polarised Neutron Beta Decay},
  author = {Masataka Fukugita and Takahiro Kubota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0405298},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, 2 figures