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Precise mass-dependent QED contributions to leptonic g-2 at order alpha^2 and alpha^3

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v4 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Improved values for the two- and three-loop mass-dependent QED contributions to the anomalous magnetic moments of the electron, muon, and tau lepton are presented. The Standard Model prediction for the electron (g-2) is compared with its most precise recent measurement, providing a value of the fine-structure constant in agreement with a recently published determination. For the tau lepton, differences with previously published results are found and discussed. An updated value of the fine-structure constant is presented in "Note added after publication."

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0606174,
  title  = {Precise mass-dependent QED contributions to leptonic g-2 at order alpha^2 and alpha^3},
  author = {M. Passera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0606174},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

6 pages, 1 figure. v2: New determination of alpha presented (based on the recent electron g-2 measurement). v3: New formulae added in Sec.IIB. v4: Updated value of alpha presented