Pion-Induced Radiative Corrections to Neutron β Decay
Pion-Induced Radiative Corrections to Neutron β Decay
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介子诱发的中子β衰变辐射修正
DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.129.121801
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Walker-Loud, André
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作者:
Cirigliano, Vincenzo;de Vries, Jordy;Hayen, Leendert;Mereghetti, Emanuele;Walker-Loud, André
We compute the electromagnetic corrections to neutrondecay using a low-energy hadronic effective field theory. We identify new radiative corrections arising from virtual pions that were missed in previous studies. The largest correction is a percent-level shift in the axial charge of the nucleon proportional to the electromagnetic part of the pion-mass splitting. Smaller corrections, comparable to anticipated experimental precision, impact theangular correlations and theasymmetry. We comment on implications of our results for the comparison of the experimentally measured nucleon axial charge with first-principles computations using lattice QCD and on the potential ofdecay experiments to constrain beyond-the-standard-model interactions.