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Hadronic light-by-light contribution to $(g-2)_\mu$ from lattice QCD: a complete calculation

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2021-08-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We compute the hadronic light-by-light scattering contribution to the muon g2g-2 from the up, down, and strange-quark sector directly using lattice QCD. Our calculation features evaluations of all possible Wick-contractions of the relevant hadronic four-point function and incorporates several different pion masses, volumes, and lattice-spacings. We obtain a value of aμHlbl=106.8(14.7)×1011a_\mu^{\text{Hlbl}} = 106.8(14.7) \times 10^{-11} (adding statistical and systematic errors in quadrature), which is consistent with current phenomenological estimates and a previous lattice determination. It now appears conclusive that the hadronic light-by-light contribution cannot explain the current tension between theory and experiment for the muon g2g-2.

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@article{arxiv.2104.02632,
  title  = {Hadronic light-by-light contribution to $(g-2)_\mu$ from lattice QCD: a complete calculation},
  author = {En-Hung Chao and Renwick J. Hudspith and Antoine Gérardin and Jeremy R. Green and Harvey B. Meyer and Konstantin Ottnad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.02632},
  year   = {2021}
}

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42 pages, 21 figures