Position-space renormalization schemes for four-quark operators in HQET

Joshua Lin, William Detmold, Stefan Meinel

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Abstract

X-space schemes are gauge-invariant, regulator-independent renormalization schemes that are defined by requiring position-space correlation functions of gauge-invariant operators to be equal to their noninteracting values at particular kinematic points. These schemes can be used to nonperturbatively renormalize composite operators in Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (LQCD), and by computing matching coefficients between the X-space scheme and MS¯ in the dimensionally-regulated continuum, matrix elements calculated with LQCD can be converted to MS¯-renormalized matrix elements. Using X-space schemes for Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) operators has the additional benefit that appropriate ratios of position-space correlation functions cancel the power-divergent static-quark self-energy of Lattice HQET nonperturbatively. This work presents the O(αS) matching coefficients between X-space renormalized four-quark flavor-nonsinglet HQET operators relevant for the lifetimes of charm- and bottom-hadrons, and four-quark HQET operators relevant for mixing between neutral mesons containing a heavy quark, such as B − B¯ mixing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number188
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2024
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bottom Quarks
  • Effective Field Theories of QCD
  • Hadronic Matrix Elements and Weak Decays
  • Non-Perturbative Renormalization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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