Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlator

Abstract We derive two types of dispersion relations for the hadronic vector-vector-axial-vector (VVA) correlator: one in generic three-point kinematics with fixed photon virtualities, the second in the kinematic limit of one soft photon. The VVA correlator enters in the electroweak contribution to...

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Main Authors: Jan Lüdtke, Massimiliano Procura, Peter Stoffer
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2025)130
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description Abstract We derive two types of dispersion relations for the hadronic vector-vector-axial-vector (VVA) correlator: one in generic three-point kinematics with fixed photon virtualities, the second in the kinematic limit of one soft photon. The VVA correlator enters in the electroweak contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment and it also emerges as the leading term in the operator-product expansion for hadronic light-by-light scattering in the limit of two large photon momenta. Previously, this correlator was only described in terms of hadronic models. Our new dispersive treatments are in analogy to the established and the newly proposed dispersive approaches to hadronic light-by-light. The VVA correlator allows us to investigate the relation between the two types of dispersion relations in a simpler example and to elucidate the reshuffling of different hadronic contributions in this comparison. As a byproduct, we reduce the theoretical uncertainties on the first-family VVA contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment by combining the dispersive representation with both asymptotic and low-energy constraints.
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spelling doaj-art-fbddb2c7bdc54899a948844aa1b95a752025-08-20T03:53:13ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-04-012025418410.1007/JHEP04(2025)130Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlatorJan Lüdtke0Massimiliano Procura1Peter Stoffer2Faculty of Physics, University of ViennaFaculty of Physics, University of ViennaPhysik-Institut, Universität ZürichAbstract We derive two types of dispersion relations for the hadronic vector-vector-axial-vector (VVA) correlator: one in generic three-point kinematics with fixed photon virtualities, the second in the kinematic limit of one soft photon. The VVA correlator enters in the electroweak contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment and it also emerges as the leading term in the operator-product expansion for hadronic light-by-light scattering in the limit of two large photon momenta. Previously, this correlator was only described in terms of hadronic models. Our new dispersive treatments are in analogy to the established and the newly proposed dispersive approaches to hadronic light-by-light. The VVA correlator allows us to investigate the relation between the two types of dispersion relations in a simpler example and to elucidate the reshuffling of different hadronic contributions in this comparison. As a byproduct, we reduce the theoretical uncertainties on the first-family VVA contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment by combining the dispersive representation with both asymptotic and low-energy constraints.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2025)130Chiral LagrangianEffective Field TheoriesElectroweak Precision PhysicsNonperturbative Effects
spellingShingle Jan Lüdtke
Massimiliano Procura
Peter Stoffer
Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlator
Journal of High Energy Physics
Chiral Lagrangian
Effective Field Theories
Electroweak Precision Physics
Nonperturbative Effects
title Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlator
title_full Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlator
title_fullStr Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlator
title_full_unstemmed Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlator
title_short Dispersion relations for the hadronic VVA correlator
title_sort dispersion relations for the hadronic vva correlator
topic Chiral Lagrangian
Effective Field Theories
Electroweak Precision Physics
Nonperturbative Effects
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2025)130
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