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Hadronic Vacuum Polarization in True Muonium

Atomic Physics 2017-02-01 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The leading-order hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the hyperfine splitting of true muonium is reevaluated in two ways. The first considers a more complex pionic form factor and better estimates of the perturbative QCD contributions. The second, more accurate method directly integrates the Drell ratio R(s)R(s) to obtain C1,hvp=0.0489(3)C_{1,\rm hvp}=-0.0489(3). This corresponds to an energy shift in the hyperfine splitting of ΔEhfs,hvpμ=276196(51)\Delta E^\mu_{hfs,\rm hvp}=276196(51) MHz.

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@article{arxiv.1611.04258,
  title  = {Hadronic Vacuum Polarization in True Muonium},
  author = {Henry Lamm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.04258},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure

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