Lattice QCD Input for the First Row CKM Unitarity Tests

ORAL  · Invited

Abstract

I would like to report our recent lattice calculations relates to the QED and strong isospin corrections to pion and kaon (semi-)leptonic decay processes. These decay processes are the primary way to determine V_{us}, needed for the first row CKM unitarity tests. At present accuracy, the QED and strong isospin correction are becoming important. Dispersive analysis can reduce the number of diagrams need lattice calculation. For charged pion semi-leptonic decay, the only relevant diagram is the gamma-W box diagram, which has been calculated to very high precision. In addition to calculating these corrections directly, lattice calculation can be combined with ChPT formula to determine the low energy constants. Lattice calculations can also help determine the gamma-W box diagram in neutron beta decay, which is the major source of uncertainty in determining V_{ud}. This calculation is in progress.

*Luchang Jin acknowledges support by DOE Office of Science Early Career Award DE-SC0021147 and DOE grant DE-SC0010339.

Publication: "Lattice QCD calculation of $K\to \ell\nu_\ell \ell'^+ \ell'^-$ decay width", e-Print: 2103.11331 [hep-lat]

"Lattice QCD calculation of the electroweak box diagrams for the kaon semileptonic decays", e-Print: 2102.12048 [hep-lat]

"New method for calculating electromagnetic effects in semileptonic beta-decays of mesons", e-Print: 2009.00459 [hep-lat], JHEP 10 (2020), 179

"Joint lattice QCD–dispersion theory analysis confirms the quark-mixing top-row unitarity deficit", e-Print: 2003.11264 [hep-ph], Phys.Rev.D 101 (2020) 11, 111301

"First-principles calculation of electroweak box diagrams from lattice QCD", e-Print: 2003.09798 [hep-lat], Phys.Rev.Lett. 124 (2020) 19, 192002

Presenters

  • Lu-Chang Jin

    • UConn / RBRC
    • RIKEN BNL and University of Connecticut

Authors

  • Lu-Chang Jin

    • UConn / RBRC
    • RIKEN BNL and University of Connecticut
  • Xu Feng

    • Peking University
  • Chien Yeah Seng

    • Univ Bonn
  • Mikhail Gorchtein

    • Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    • Mainz University