Electroweak radiative corrections to the top quark decay

The top quark, once produced, should be an important window to the electroweak symmetry breaking sector. We compute electroweak radiative corrections to the decay processt→b+W ⁺ in order to extract information on the Higgs sector and to fix the background in searches for a possible new physics contribution. The large Yukawa coupling of the top quark induces a new form factor through vertex corrections and causes discrepancy from the tree-level longitudinalW-boson production fraction, but the effect is of order 1% or less form _H<1 TeV.     

First-order radiative corrections to polarized muon decay spectrum

The first-order QED corrections to the polarized muon decay spectrum are considered. The exact dependence on electron and muon masses is kept. Numerical results are presented.     

General theory of radiative corrections to atomic decay rates

A general expression is derived for the radiative corrections to the one-photon decay rates of hydrogen-like ions. Our approach is based on the evaluation of the imaginary part of the fourth-order Lamb shift for excited states. We thereby avoid the ambiguities connected with electron wave function renormalization. The result may be cast in a form which is manifestly gauge invariant. As an application, we show that the formulas used by Lin and Feinberg in their study of relativistic M1 transitions, obtained by heuristic arguments, are derivable from first principles.     

Real time radiative corrections to charged particle decay laws

The real time exponential decay laws for meta-stable charged particles are shown to require radiative corrections. The methods employed are well known to be valid for radiatively correcting Breit-Wigner line shapes. Radiative corrections contribute substantially to precision life time measurements of muons and pions when initially stopped in condensed matter. Received: 21 February 1999 / Published online: 3 August 1999     

Observation of the neutron radiative decay

The aim of this work is the experimental observation of and research into a rare neutron mode, the radiative beta decay, where a new particle, the radiative gamma quantum, is formed along with the expected decay products: a beta electron, a recoil proton, and an antineutrino. The discovery of this rare neutron decay mode was conducted through identification of triple-coincidence events: simultaneous registration of a beta electron, a proton, and a radiative gamma quantum. The ordinary neutron decay was registered by double coincidences of a beta electron and a recoil proton. The statistics collected allow one to deduce the branching ratio (BR) BR = (3.2 ± 1.6) × 10⁻³ (90% C.L.) in the gamma energy region greater than 35 keV. This value of BR is consistent with standard electroweak theory. The text was submitted by the authors in English. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Comparison of two experiments on radiative neutron decay

Over 10 years ago we proposed an experiment on measuring the characteristics of radiative neutron decay in papers [1, 2]. At the same time we had published the theoretical spectrum of radiative gamma quanta, calculated within the framework of the electroweak interactions, on the basis of which we proposed the methodology for the future experiment [3, 4]. However, because we were denied beam time on the intensive cold neutron beam at ILL (Grenoble, France) for a number of years, we could only conduct the experiment in 2005 on the newly opened FRMII reactor of Technical University of Muenchen. The main result of this experiment was the discovery of radiative neutron decay and the measurement of its relative intensity B.R. = (3.2 ± 1.6) × 10⁻³ with C.L. = 99.7% for radiative gamma quanta with energy over 35 kev [5, 6]. Over a year after our first announcement about the results of the conducted experiment, “Nature” [7] published a letter asserting that its authors have also measured the branching ratio of radiative neutron decay B.R. = (3.13 ± 0.34) × 10⁻³ with c.l. = 68% and gamma quanta energy from 15 to 340 kev. This article aims to compare these two experiments. It is shown that the use of strong magnetic fields in the NIST (Washington, USA) experiment methodology not only prevents any exact measurement of the branching ratio and identification of radiative neutron decay events, but also makes registration of ordinary neutron decay events impossible.     

Factorization of radiative leptonic D-meson decay with sub-leading power corrections

In this work,we calculate the sub-leading power contributions to radiative leptonic D→γlv decay.For the first time,we provide the analytic expressions of next-to-leading power contributions and the error estimation associated with the power expansion of O(A_(QCD)/m_c).In our calculation,we adopt two different models of the Dmeson distribution amplitudes Φ_(D,Ⅰ)~+ and Φ_(D,Ⅱ)~+.Within the framework of QCD factorization as well as the dispersion relation,we evaluate the soft contribution up to the next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy and also consider the higher-twist contribution from the two-particle and three-particle distribution amplitudes.Finally,we find that all the sub-leading power contributions are significant at λ_D(μ_0)=354 MeV,and the next-to-leading power contributions lead to 143% in Φ_(D,Ⅰ)+ and 120% in Φ_(D,Ⅱ)~+ corrections to leading power vector form factors with E_γ=0.5 GeV.As the corrections from the higher-twist and local sub-leading power contributions are enhanced with increasing inverse moment,it is difficult to extract an appropriate inverse moment of the D-meson distribution amplitude.The predicted branching fractions are(1.88_(-0.29)~(+0.36)) × 10~(-5) for Φ_(D,Ⅰ)~+ and(2.31_(-0.54)~(+0.65))× 10~(-5) for Φ_(D,Ⅱ)~+.     

QCD radiative corrections to upsilon decay into scalar plus gamma and pseudoscalar plus gamma

The calculation is presented of the α_S correction to heavy quarkonium decay into scalar and pseudoscalar plus gamma. For the scalar case, the result agrees with the value previously calculated by Vysotsky. In both cases the correction brings about a substantial reduction in the rate.     

New non-abelian couplings and radiative corrections to the main decay of the top quark

We calculate first order radiative corrections to the main decay of the top quark,tb+W, beyond the Standard Model, by grafting onto the standard lagrangian (using the terminology of de Rújula, Gavela, Hernandez and Massó), a new operator, which respects the gauge symmetry of the Standard Model and modifies theZ ⁰ W ⁺ W ^–,W ⁺ W ^– vertices In our renormalization scheme we use ,G _F,M _Z as input parameters. Them _t dependence is given where we use =1 TeV as a possible scale of the new physics. Form _t =150(200) GeV and =1 TeV, the maximal effect due to the new non-abelian couplings, is to change the relative size of the electroweak radiative corrections of the Standard Model by adding a value of –2.98(–6.96)%, i.e. from a value of 5.55(3.26)% to 2.57(–3.7)%.     

Considerations concerning the radiative corrections to muon decay in the Fermi and Standard theories

The FAC, PMS, and BLM optimization methods are applied to the QED corrections to the muon lifetime in the Fermi V-A theory. The FAC and PMS scales are close to m_e, while the BLM scale nearly coincides with the geometric average √m_em_μ. The optimized expressions are employed to estimate the third order coefficient in the (m_μ) expansion and the theoretical error of the perturbative series. Using arguments based on effective field theory and a simple examination of Feynman diagrams, it is shown that, if contributions of (m_μ²/M_W²) are neglected, the corrections to muon decay in the SM factorize into the QED correction of the Fermi V-A theory and the electroweak amplitude g²/(1 − Δr), both of which are strictly scale-independent. We use the results to clarify how the QED corrections to muon decay and the Fermi constant G_F should be used in the SM, and what is the natural choice of scales if running couplings are employed.     

Electroweak radiative corrections to muon capture

Electroweak radiative corrections to muon capture on nuclei are computed and found to be sizable. They enhance the capture rates for hydrogen and helium by 2.8% and 3.0%, respectively. As a result, the value of the induced pseudoscalar coupling, g(P)(exp), extracted from a recent hydrogen 1S singlet capture experiment is increased by about 21% to g(P)(exp)=7.3+/-1.2 and brought into good agreement with the prediction of chiral perturbation theory, g(P)(theory)=8.2+/-0.2. Implications for helium capture rate predictions are also discussed.     

Using radiative corrections to bound substructure

Composite models predict the existence of excited quarks and leptons. We find bounds for the masses of possible excited leptons and for the substructure scale by using radiative corrections at theZ scale. A non-decoupling scenario arises naturally which induces upper bounds on these masses as a function of the substructure scale.