Joint lattice QCD - dispersion theory analysis confirms the quark-mixing top-row unitarity deficit

Abstract

Recently, the first ever lattice computation of the $\gamma W$-box radiative correction to the rate of the semileptonic pion decay allowed for a reduction of the theory uncertainty of that rate by a factor of $\sim 3$. A recent dispersion evaluation of the $\gamma W$-box correction on the neutron also led to a significant reduction of the theory uncertainty, but shifted the value of $V_{ud}$ extracted from the neutron and superallowed nuclear $\beta$ decay, resulting in a deficit of the CKM unitarity in the top row. A direct lattice computation of the $\gamma W$-box correction for the neutron decay would provide an independent cross-check for this result but is very challenging. Before those challenges are overcome, we propose a hybrid analysis, converting the lattice calculation on the pion to that on the neutron by a combination of dispersion theory and phenomenological input. The new prediction for the universal radiative correction to free and bound neutron $\beta$-decay reads ${\Delta }_R^V=0.02477(24)$, in excellent agreement with the dispersion theory result ${\Delta }_R^V=0.02467(22)$. Combining with other relevant information, the top-row CKM unitarity deficit persists.

arXiv commentVersion to appear in Physical Review D, Rapid Communication

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