Nucleon Decay Matrix Elements from Lattice QCD

Details Nucleon Decay Matrix Elements from Lattice QCD Nucleon Decay Matrix Elements from Lattice QCD

1999-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9911026v1

Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 014506

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Lattice

53 pages, 18 eps figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.62.014506

We present a model-independent calculation of hadron matrix elements for all dimension-six operators associated with baryon number violating processes using lattice QCD. The calculation is performed with the Wilson quark action in the quenched approximation at $\beta=6/g^2=6.0$ on a $28^2\times 48\times 80$ lattice. Our results cover all the matrix elements required to estimate the partial lifetimes of (proton,neutron)$\to$($\pi,K,\eta$) +(${\bar \nu},e^+,\mu^+$) decay modes. We point out the necessity of disentangling two form factors that contribute to the matrix element; previous calculations did not make the separation, which led to an underestimate of the physical matrix elements. With a correct separation, we find that the matrix elements have values 3-5 times larger than the smallest estimates employed in phenomenological analyses of the nucleon decays, which could give strong constraints on several GUT models. We also find that the values of the matrix elements are comparable with the tree-level predictions of chiral lagrangian.

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