The smeared $R$-ratio in isoQCD from first-principles lattice simulations

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Main Authors: Margari, Francesca, Bacchio, Simone, De Santis, Alessandro, Evangelista, Antonio, Frezzotti, Roberto, Gagliardi, Giuseppe, Garofalo, Marco, Sanfilippo, Francesco, Tantalo, Nazario
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author Margari, Francesca
Bacchio, Simone
De Santis, Alessandro
Evangelista, Antonio
Frezzotti, Roberto
Gagliardi, Giuseppe
Garofalo, Marco
Sanfilippo, Francesco
Tantalo, Nazario
author_facet Margari, Francesca
Bacchio, Simone
De Santis, Alessandro
Evangelista, Antonio
Frezzotti, Roberto
Gagliardi, Giuseppe
Garofalo, Marco
Sanfilippo, Francesco
Tantalo, Nazario
contents The $R$-ratio is a phenomenological observable of great relevance, both in itself and in applications such as the dispersive approach to the muon anomalous magnetic moment. It can be investigated from first-principles with controlled statistical and systematic errors in lattice QCD by introducing an arbitrary smearing kernel and employing spectral reconstruction techniques, such as the well-known Hansen-Lupo-Tantalo method. Improving upon a first study published in 2023, we show preliminary results using the correlation functions produced by ETMC in $N_f = 2+1+1$ lattice simulations at four lattice spacings, different volumes and with higher statistics w.r.t. our previous study. The new correlators, thanks to the implementation of the Low Mode Average technique, allow the determination of the $R$-ratio smeared with Gaussian kernels of widths down to $σ\sim 200$ with phenomenologically relevant precision.
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spellingShingle The smeared $R$-ratio in isoQCD from first-principles lattice simulations
Margari, Francesca
Bacchio, Simone
De Santis, Alessandro
Evangelista, Antonio
Frezzotti, Roberto
Gagliardi, Giuseppe
Garofalo, Marco
Sanfilippo, Francesco
Tantalo, Nazario
High Energy Physics - Lattice
The $R$-ratio is a phenomenological observable of great relevance, both in itself and in applications such as the dispersive approach to the muon anomalous magnetic moment. It can be investigated from first-principles with controlled statistical and systematic errors in lattice QCD by introducing an arbitrary smearing kernel and employing spectral reconstruction techniques, such as the well-known Hansen-Lupo-Tantalo method. Improving upon a first study published in 2023, we show preliminary results using the correlation functions produced by ETMC in $N_f = 2+1+1$ lattice simulations at four lattice spacings, different volumes and with higher statistics w.r.t. our previous study. The new correlators, thanks to the implementation of the Low Mode Average technique, allow the determination of the $R$-ratio smeared with Gaussian kernels of widths down to $σ\sim 200$ with phenomenologically relevant precision.
title The smeared $R$-ratio in isoQCD from first-principles lattice simulations
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19070