Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.107.034504

Publication Title

Physical Review D

Volume

107

Issue

3

Pages

034504 (1-21)

Abstract

The 𝛾*𝛾* β†’ πœ‹πœ‹ scattering amplitude plays a key role in a wide range of phenomena, including understanding the inner structure of scalar resonances as well as constraining the hadronic contributions to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. In this work, we explain how the infinite-volume Minkowski amplitude can be constrained from finite-volume Euclidean correlation functions. The relationship between the finite-volume Euclidean correlation functions and the desired amplitude holds up to energies where 3πœ‹ states can go on shell, and is exact up to exponentially small corrections that scale like π’ͺ(eβˆ’mπœ‹L), where L is the spatial extent of the cubic volume and mπœ‹ is the pion mass. In order to implement this formalism and remove all power-law finite volume errors, it is necessary to first obtain πœ‹πœ‹β†’πœ‹πœ‹, πœ‹π›Ύβ‹†β†’πœ‹, π›Ύβ‹†β†’πœ‹πœ‹, and πœ‹πœ‹π›Ύβ‹†β†’πœ‹πœ‹ amplitudes; all of which can be determined via lattice quantum chromodynamic calculations.

Rights

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.

Original Publication Citation

BriceΓ±o, R.A., Jackura, A.W., Rodas, A., & Guerrero, J.V. (2023). Prospects for 𝛾*𝛾* β†’ πœ‹πœ‹ via lattice QCD. Physical Review D, 107(3), 1-21, Article 034504. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.034504

ORCID

0000-0003-1109-1473 (BriceΓ±o), 0000-0002-3249-5410 (Jackura)

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