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Main Authors: Czarnecki, Andrzej, Dagia, Divyesh, Gao, Ting, Toor, Ripanjeet
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14899
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author Czarnecki, Andrzej
Dagia, Divyesh
Gao, Ting
Toor, Ripanjeet
author_facet Czarnecki, Andrzej
Dagia, Divyesh
Gao, Ting
Toor, Ripanjeet
contents We complete the determination of the parapositronium decay into three photons by evaluating amplitudes mediated by the $Z$ boson. We show that, contrary to the expectation that the extra mass scale $m_e$ may bring an enhancement to the overall scaling, the amplitude turns out to start at $1/m_Z^6$ order, similarly to the $W$ boson mediated amplitude. The decay rate with both $W$ and $Z$ boson contributions is found to be $1.1\cdot 10^{-80}$ eV, about 47 orders of magnitude smaller than previously estimated. We also discuss its implication for the $π^0\to3γ$ amplitude.
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spellingShingle Parapositronium decay into three photons and implications for the neutral pion
Czarnecki, Andrzej
Dagia, Divyesh
Gao, Ting
Toor, Ripanjeet
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We complete the determination of the parapositronium decay into three photons by evaluating amplitudes mediated by the $Z$ boson. We show that, contrary to the expectation that the extra mass scale $m_e$ may bring an enhancement to the overall scaling, the amplitude turns out to start at $1/m_Z^6$ order, similarly to the $W$ boson mediated amplitude. The decay rate with both $W$ and $Z$ boson contributions is found to be $1.1\cdot 10^{-80}$ eV, about 47 orders of magnitude smaller than previously estimated. We also discuss its implication for the $π^0\to3γ$ amplitude.
title Parapositronium decay into three photons and implications for the neutral pion
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14899