Kaon BSM B-parameters using improved staggered fermions from $N_f=2+1$ unquenched QCD

Abstract

We present results for the matrix elements of the additional $\Delta S=2$ operators that appear in models of physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), expressed in terms of four BSM $B$-parameters. Combined with experimental results for $\Delta M_K$ and ${\epsilon }_K$, these constrain the parameters of BSM models. We use improved staggered fermions, with valence HYP-smeared quarks and $N_f=2+1$ flavors of "asqtad" sea quarks. The configurations have been generated by the MILC collaboration. The matching between lattice and continuum four-fermion operators and bilinears is done perturbatively at one-loop order. We use three lattice spacings for the continuum extrapolation: $a\approx 0.09$, $0.06$ and $0.045$fm. Valence light-quark masses range down to $\approx m_s^{\mathrm{phys}}/13$ while the light sea-quark masses range down to $\approx m_s^{\mathrm{phys}}/20$. Compared to our previous published work, we have added four additional lattice ensembles, leading to better controlled extrapolations in the lattice spacing and sea-quark masses. We report final results for two renormalization scales, $\mu =2\text{GeV}$ and $3\text{GeV}$, and compare them to those obtained by other collaborations. Agreement is found for two of the four BSM $B$-parameters ($B_2$ and $B_3^{\text{SUSY}}$). The other two ($B_4$ and $B_5$) differ significantly from those obtained using RI-MOM renormalization as an intermediate scheme, but are in agreement with recent preliminary results obtained by the RBC-UKQCD collaboration using RI-SMOM intermediate schemes.

17 pages, 24 figures, 13 tables, and updated

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