Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions
Abstract In their seminal work, Lellouch and Lüscher derived a conversion factor relating a finite-volume matrix element, calculable using numerical lattice QCD, with the infinite-volume decay amplitude for K → ππ. The conversion factor depends on the ππ → ππ scattering amplitude with the same total...
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| description | Abstract In their seminal work, Lellouch and Lüscher derived a conversion factor relating a finite-volume matrix element, calculable using numerical lattice QCD, with the infinite-volume decay amplitude for K → ππ. The conversion factor depends on the ππ → ππ scattering amplitude with the same total isospin as the decay channel (either zero or two). Although an infinite tower of ππ → ππ partial-wave components affect the conversion factor, the S-wave (ℓ = 0) component is expected to dominate, and only this contribution is included in the well-known Lellouch-Lüscher factor, with other ππ → ππ partial-wave amplitudes formally set to zero. However, as the precision of lattice calculations increases, it may become important to assess the systematic uncertainty arising from this approximation. With this motivation, we compare the S-wave-only results with those truncated at the next contaminating partial wave: the G-wave (ℓ = 4) for zero total momentum in the finite-volume frame and the D-wave (ℓ = 2) otherwise. Using the general framework for 1 → J 2 $$ 1\overset{\mathcal{J}}{\to }2 $$ transitions derived in ref. [1], we quantify the effect of higher partial waves for systems with zero and non-zero total momentum as well as with anti-periodic boundary conditions, presenting both generic numerical examples and results for realistic ππ amplitudes taken from chiral perturbation theory and dispersive analysis. We also consider the accidental degeneracy occurring in the 8th excited state of the zero-momentum system. This exhibits qualitatively new features at ℓ = 4, not seen in the ℓ = 0 truncation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2455eb0c378d4154a8801a26a5c30ca62025-01-19T12:07:19ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-01-012025113210.1007/JHEP01(2025)052Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitionsM. T. Hansen0T. Peterken1Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of EdinburghHiggs Centre for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of EdinburghAbstract In their seminal work, Lellouch and Lüscher derived a conversion factor relating a finite-volume matrix element, calculable using numerical lattice QCD, with the infinite-volume decay amplitude for K → ππ. The conversion factor depends on the ππ → ππ scattering amplitude with the same total isospin as the decay channel (either zero or two). Although an infinite tower of ππ → ππ partial-wave components affect the conversion factor, the S-wave (ℓ = 0) component is expected to dominate, and only this contribution is included in the well-known Lellouch-Lüscher factor, with other ππ → ππ partial-wave amplitudes formally set to zero. However, as the precision of lattice calculations increases, it may become important to assess the systematic uncertainty arising from this approximation. With this motivation, we compare the S-wave-only results with those truncated at the next contaminating partial wave: the G-wave (ℓ = 4) for zero total momentum in the finite-volume frame and the D-wave (ℓ = 2) otherwise. Using the general framework for 1 → J 2 $$ 1\overset{\mathcal{J}}{\to }2 $$ transitions derived in ref. [1], we quantify the effect of higher partial waves for systems with zero and non-zero total momentum as well as with anti-periodic boundary conditions, presenting both generic numerical examples and results for realistic ππ amplitudes taken from chiral perturbation theory and dispersive analysis. We also consider the accidental degeneracy occurring in the 8th excited state of the zero-momentum system. This exhibits qualitatively new features at ℓ = 4, not seen in the ℓ = 0 truncation.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)052Hadronic SpectroscopyStructure and InteractionsLattice QCD |
| spellingShingle | M. T. Hansen T. Peterken Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions Journal of High Energy Physics Hadronic Spectroscopy Structure and Interactions Lattice QCD |
| title | Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions |
| title_full | Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions |
| title_fullStr | Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions |
| title_short | Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions |
| title_sort | higher partial wave contamination in finite volume 1 to 2 transitions |
| topic | Hadronic Spectroscopy Structure and Interactions Lattice QCD |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)052 |
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