Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2001-03-19
Phys.Lett. B513 (2001) 53-70; Erratum-ibid. B526 (2002) 414-415
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00743-2
We present a new independent evaluation of the hadronic vacuum polarization contributions a_l{had}(l.o)=(1/2)(g-2)_l{had}(l.o) to the anomalous magnetic moment (anomaly) of the muon and tau leptons using tau-decays and e+e- data. The alone theoretical input used for describing the high-energy region not accessible experimentally is perturbative QCD plus (negligible) additional effects due to the QCD vacuum condensates. We obtain: a_mu{had}(l.o)= 7020.6(75.6)10^{-11} and a_tau{had}(l.o)= 353.6(3.8)10^{-8}, which we compare with previous determinations. Our analysis leads to the Standard Model (SM) prediction: a_mu^{SM}=116~591~846.9(78.9)10^{-11}.Confronting a_mu^{SM} with the recent BNL measurement leads to a_mu{new}= a_mu{exp}-a_mu{SM}=176(170)10^{-11}. Combined with the mean existing determinations of a_mu^{had}(l.o), this leads to the conservative range: -42 < a_mu{new}10^{11} < 413 at 90% CL, from which we derive conservative lower bounds on the scales of some new physics. We also update our old predictions of the SM contributions to a_tau. Including QED to sixth order, higher order hadronic and electroweak contributions, we obtain a_tau{SM}=117 755(7)10^{-8}, waiting for a future precise measurement of a_tau.
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