2015/01/30 by Michael I. Buchoff, Buchoff, Michael I., Michael L. Wagman +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1502.00044
openalex publication_date 2015/01/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Baryon number symmetry violating theories beyond the standard model with suppressed proton decay rates can be experimentally constrained by data on neutron-antineutron transition rates. In order to apply this constraints, theoretical predictions for the neutron-antineutron transition rates in various models must be available for comparison. Reliable predictions of transition rates between hadronic states must include non-perturbative quantum chromodynamic effects. These can be calculated in a model independent way by calculating six-quark operator matrix elements with lattice quantum chromodynamics. Preliminary lattice calculations have been performed, but operator renormalization effects must be included in order to match beyond the standard model calculations performed in MS renormalized perturbation theory with lattice regularized matrix element results. In particular, a perturbative calculation of the two-loop anomalous dimensions and one-loop renormalization scheme matching coefficients of these six-quark operators is necessary in order to determine leading order corrections at lattice matching scales. This describes our ongoing calculation of these perturbative operator renormalization effects.