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Precise Determination of |V{us}| from Lattice Calculations of Pseudoscalar Decay Constants
Combining the ratio of experimental kaon and pion decay widths, Gamma(K to mu
antineutrino{mu} (gamma)) / Gamma(pi to mu \antineutrino (gamma)), with a
recent lattice gauge theory calculation of f{K}/f{pi} provides a precise value
for the CKM quark mixing matrix element |V{us}|=0.2236(30) or if 3 generation
unitarity is assumed |V{us}|=0.2238(30). Comparison with other determinations
of that fundamental parameter, implications, and an outlook for future
improvements are given
Electroweak Radiative Corrections To Polarized M{\o}ller Scattering Asymmetries
One loop electroweak radiative corrections to left-right parity violating
M{\o}ller scattering () asymmetries are presented. They
reduce the standard model (tree level) prediction by 40 \% where the
main shift and uncertainty stem from hadronic vacuum polarization loops. A
similar reduction also occurs for the electron-electron atomic parity violating
interaction. That effect can be attributed to an increase of
by in running from to 0. The
sensitivity of the asymmetry to ``new physics'' is also discussed.Comment: 14 pages, Revtex, postscript file including figures is available at
ftp://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/ttp95-14/ttp95-14.ps or via WWW at
http://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/preprints/ (129.13.102.139
Polarized Moller Scattering Asymmetries
The utility of polarized electron beams for precision electroweak studies is
described. Parity violating Moller scattering asymmetries in e-e- --> e-e- are
discussed. Effects of electroweak radiative corrections and the running
sin^2(theta_W(Q^2)) are reviewed. The sensitivity of E158 (a fixed target e-e-
experiment at SLAC) and future e-e- collider studies to ``new physics'' is
briefly outlined.Comment: Updated Fig.
K_L \ra \mu^\pm e^\mp \nu \overline{\nu} as background to K_L \ra \mu^\pm e^\mp
We consider the process K_L \ra \mu^\pm e^\mp \nu \overline{\nu} at next to
leading order in chiral perturbation theory. This process occurs in the
standard model at second order in the weak interaction and constitutes a
potential background in searches for new physics through the modes K_L \ra
\mu^\pm e^\mp. We find that the same cut, ~MeV, used to remove
the sequential decays K_{l3}\ra \pi_{l2} pushes the B(K_L \ra \mu^\pm e^\mp
\nu \overline{\nu}) to the level, effectively removing it as a
background.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure appended as postscript file after
\end{document}. Fermilab-Pub-93/024-
Radiative Tail in Decay and Some Comments on Universality
The result of lowest-order perturbation theory calculations of the photon and
positron spectra in radiative pion(e2) decay are generalized to all orders of
perturbation theory using the structure-function method. An additional source
of radiative corrections to the ratio of the positron and muon channels of pion
decay, due to emission of virtual and real photons and pairs, is considered. It
depends on details of the detection of the final particles and is large enough
to be taken into account in theoretical estimates with a level of accuracy of
0.1%.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX, some misprints are corrected, submitted to Pisma Zh.
Eksp. Teor. Fi
Fermi Constants and ``New Physics''
Various precision determinations of the Fermi constant are compared. Included
are muon and (leptonic) tau decays as well as indirect prescriptions employing
\alpha, m_Z, m_W, \ssthwmzms, \Gamma(Z\to\ell^+\ell^-), and as input. Their good agreement tests the standard model at the
level and provides stringent constraints on new physics. That
utility is illustrated for: heavy neutrino mixing, 2 Higgs doublet models, S,
T, and U parameters and excited bosons (Kaluza-Klein
excitations). For the last of those examples, m_{W^\ast}\gsims 2.9 TeV is
found.Comment: 14 page
Electroweak higher-order effects and theoretical uncertainties in deep-inelastic neutrino scattering
A previous calculation of electroweak O(alpha) corrections to deep-inelastic
neutrino scattering, as e.g. measured by NuTeV and NOMAD, is supplemented by
higher-order effects. In detail, we take into account universal two-loop
effects from \Delta\alpha and \Delta\rho as well as higher-order final-state
photon radiation off muons in the structure function approach. Moreover, we
make use of the recently released O(alpha)-improved parton distributions
MRST2004QED and identify the relevant QED factorization scheme, which is DIS
like. As a technical byproduct, we describe slicing and subtraction techniques
for an efficient calculation of a new type of real corrections that are induced
by the generated photon distribution. A numerical discussion of the
higher-order effects suggests that the remaining theoretical uncertainty from
unknown electroweak corrections is dominated by non-universal two-loop effects
and is of the order 0.0003 when translated into a shift in
sin^2\theta_W=1-MW^2/MZ^2. The O(alpha) corrections implicitly included in the
parton distributions lead to a shift of about 0.0004.Comment: 25 pages, latex, 8 postscript figure
Dynamical CP Violation in Composite Higgs Models
The dynamical origin of the CP violation in electroweak theory is
investigated in composite Higgs models. The mechanism of the spontaneous CP
violation proposed in other context by Dashen is adopted to construct simple
models of the dynamical CP violation.
Within the models the size of the neutron electric dipole moment is estimated
and the constraint on the -parameter in K-meson decays is
discussed.Comment: 20 pages, 2 figures not included, uses LaTeX, HUPD-922
SM Kaluza-Klein Excitations and Electroweak Precision Tests
We consider a minimal extension to higher dimensions of the Standard Model,
having one compactified dimension, and we study its experimental tests in terms
of electroweak data. We discuss tests from high-energy data at the -pole,
and low-energy tests, notably from atomic parity violation data. This
measurement combined with neutrino scattering data strongly restricts the
allowed region of the model parameters. Furthermore this region is incompatible
at 95% CL with the restrictions from high-energy experiments. Of course a
global fit to all data is possible but the for degree of
freedom is unpleasantly large.Comment: LaTex, 14 pages, 2 figures. More refs. and one comment about the
validity of our results for any number of extra dimensions adde
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