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The bosonic two-loop electroweak radiative corrections to the muon's anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu\equiv (g_\mu-2)/2$, are presented. We find $\Delta a_\mu^{\rm EW}({\rm 2\,loop\, bosonic})/ a_\mu^{\rm EW}({\rm 1\,loop})\approx…
A new framework to study electroweak physics at one-loop level in general ${\rm SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y}$ theories is introduced. It separates the 1-loop corrections into two pieces: process specific ones from vertex and box contributions and…
Effects of strong interactions on the two loop electroweak radiative corrections to the muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu=(g_\mu-2)/2$, are examined. Short-distance logs are shown to be unaffected. Computation of long-distance…
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A novel approach to study electroweak physics at one-loop level in generic ${\rm SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y}$ theories is introduced. It separates the 1-loop corrections into two pieces: process specific ones from vertex and box contributions,…
We show that in the framework of the pinch technique the universal part of the $\rho$ parameter can be meaningfully defined, beyond one loop. The universal part so obtained satisfies the crucial requirements of gauge-independence,…
We use Pade Approximants to obtain improved predictions for the anomalous magnetic moments of the electron and the muon. These are needed because of the very precise experimental values presently obtained for the electron, and soon to be…
A precise evaluation of the electroweak contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon requires control over all aspects of the Standard Model, ranging from Higgs physics, over multi-loop computations for bosonic and…
The two-loop electroweak radiative corrections to the muon's anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu\equiv (g_\mu-2)/2$, are presented. We obtain an overall 22.6\% reduction in the electroweak contribution $a_\mu^{\rm EW}$ from $195\times…
The dominant theoretical uncertainties in both, the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon and the value of the electromagnetic coupling at the Z scale arise from their hadronic contributions. Since these will ultimately dominate the…
We consider the standard model extension to explore the anomalous magnetic dipole moment of the muon. In the QED part of the theory for the CP and CPT-even Lorentz parameter $c_{\mu\nu}$, all independent electromagnetic form factors depend…
We investigate the possibility of testing of the Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) using measurements of anomalous magnetic moments of elementary particles. We compute the one loop correction for the $g-2$ anomaly within the class of non…
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No gauge invariant regularization is available for the perturbative calculation of the standard model. One has to add finite counter terms to restore gauge symmetry for the renormalized amplitudes. The muon anomalous magnetic moment can be…
Using the S--matrix pinch technique we obtain to one loop order gauge independent $\gamma W^-W^+$ and $Z W^-W^+$ vertices in the context of the standard model, with all incoming momenta off--shell. We show that the vertices so constructed…