Field Theory of the Fermi Function

Richard J. Hill; Ryan Plestid

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.021803

Field Theory of the Fermi Function

Richard J. Hill, Ryan Plestid

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The Fermi function F(Z,E) accounts for QED corrections to beta decays that are enhanced at either small electron velocity β or large nuclear charge Z. For precision applications, the Fermi function must be combined with other radiative corrections and with scale- and scheme-dependent hadronic matrix elements. We formulate the Fermi function as a field theory object and present a new factorization formula for QED radiative corrections to beta decays. We provide new results for the anomalous dimension of the corresponding effective operator complete through three loops, and resum perturbative logarithms and π enhancements with renormalization-group methods. Our results are important for tests of fundamental physics with precision beta decay and related processes.

Original language	English
Article number	021803
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	133
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.021803
State	Published - Jul 12 2024

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We thank Susan Gardner and Oleksandr Tomalak for useful discussions regarding radiative corrections for beta decays, and Peter Vander Griend for collaboration on Ref. . R.\u2009P. thanks the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington for its kind hospitality and stimulating research environment during program INT 23-1B. This research was supported in part by the INT\u2019s U.S. Department of Energy Grant No. DE-FG02-00ER41132. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under Award No. DE-SC0019095. Fermilab is operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the U.S. Department of Energy. R.\u2009P. is supported by the Neutrino Theory Network under Award No. DEAC02-07CHI11359, the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under Award No. DE-SC0011632, and by the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics. R.\u2009J.\u2009H. gratefully acknowledges support from the Institute for Advanced Study, where a part of this work was completed.

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Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC	DE-SC0011632, DE-AC02-07CH11359, DEAC02-07CHI11359
U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR	DE-FG02-00ER41132
U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR
Institute for High Energy Physics	DE-SC0019095
Institute for High Energy Physics

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