European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Feb 2020)

$${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 , a new breaking of the HLS model and its phenomenology

  • M. Benayoun,
  • L. DelBuono,
  • F. Jegerlehner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7611-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 80, no. 2
pp. 1 – 55

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Abstract Previous studies have shown that the Hidden Local Symmetry (HLS) Model, supplied with appropriate symmetry breaking mechanisms, provides an Effective Lagrangian (BHLS) able to encompass a large number of processes within a unified framework. This allowed one to design a global fit procedure which provides a fair simultaneous description of the $$e^+ e^-$$ e+e- annihilation into six final states ($$\pi ^+\pi ^-$$ π+π- , $$\pi ^0\gamma $$ π0γ , $$\eta \gamma $$ ηγ , $$\pi ^+\pi ^-\pi ^0$$ π+π-π0 , $$K^+K^-$$ K+K- , $$K_L K_S$$ KLKS ), the dipion spectrum in the $$\tau $$ τ decay and some more light meson decay partial widths. In this paper, additional breaking schemes are defined which improve the BHLS working and extend its scope so as to absorb spacelike processes within a new framework ($${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 ). The phenomenology previously explored with BHLS is fully revisited in the $${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 context with special emphasis on the $$\phi $$ ϕ mass region using all available data samples. It is shown that $${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 addresses perfectly the close spacelike region covered by NA7 and Fermilab data; it is also shown that the recent lattice QCD (LQCD) information on the pion form factor are accurately predicted by the $${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 fit functions derived from fits to only annihilation data. The contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment $$a_\mu ^{\mathrm{th}}$$ aμth of these annihilation channels over the range of validity of $${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 (up to $$\simeq $$ ≃ 1.05 GeV) is updated within the new $${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 framework and shown to strongly reduce the former BHLS systematics. The uncertainty on $$a_\mu ^{\mathrm{th}}(\sqrt{s}< 1.05 \, \hbox {GeV}$$ aμth(s<1.05GeV ) is much improved compared to standard approaches relying on direct integration methods of measured spectra. Using the $${\hbox {BHLS}}_2$$ BHLS2 results, the leading-order HVP contribution to the muon anomalous moment is $$a_\mu ^{\mathrm{HVP-LO}}= 686.65 \pm 3.01 +(+1.16,-0.75)_{\mathrm{syst}}$$ aμHVP-LO=686.65±3.01+(+1.16,-0.75)syst in units of $$10^{-10}$$ 10-10 . Using a conservative estimate for the light-by-light contribution, our evaluation for the muon anomalous magnetic moment is $$a_\mu ^{\mathrm{th}}=\left[ 11\,659\,175.96 \pm 4.17 +(+1.16,-0.75)_{\mathrm{syst}}\right] \times 10^{-10}$$ aμth=11659175.96±4.17+(+1.16,-0.75)syst×10-10 . The relationship between the dispersive and LQCD approaches to the $$\rho ^0$$ ρ0 –$$\gamma $$ γ mixing is also discussed which may amount to a shift of $$\delta a_\mu [\pi \pi ]_{\rho \gamma }=+(3.10\pm 0.31) \times 10^{-10}$$ δaμ[ππ]ργ=+(3.10±0.31)×10-10 at LO+NLO, presently treated as additional systematics. Taking also this shift into account, the difference $$a_\mu ^{\mathrm{th}}-a_\mu ^{\mathrm{BNL}}$$ aμth-aμBNL exhibits a significance not smaller than $$3.8 \sigma $$ 3.8σ .