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High-precision determination of the $K_{e3}$ radiative corrections

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-08-11 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We report a high-precision calculation of the Standard Model electroweak radiative corrections in the Kπe+ν(γ)K\to \pi e^+\nu(\gamma) decay as a part of the combined theory effort to understand the existing anomaly in the determinations of VusV_{us}. Our new analysis features a chiral resummation of the large infrared-singular terms in the radiative corrections and a well-under-control strong interaction uncertainty based on the most recent lattice QCD inputs. While being consistent with the current state-of-the-art results obtained from chiral perturbation theory, we reduce the existing theory uncertainty from 10310^{-3} to 10410^{-4}. Our result suggests that the Standard Model electroweak effects cannot account for the VusV_{us} anomaly.

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@article{arxiv.2103.00975,
  title  = {High-precision determination of the $K_{e3}$ radiative corrections},
  author = {Chien-Yeah Seng and Daniel Galviz and Mikhail Gorchtein and Ulf-G. Meißner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.00975},
  year   = {2021}
}

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