Axial-vector and scalar contributions to hadronic light-by-light scattering

Abstract We present results for single axial-vector and scalar meson pole contributions to the hadronic light-by-light scattering (HLbL) part of the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment. In the dispersive approach to these quantities (in narrow width approximation) the central inputs are the corresponding space-like electromagnetic transition form factors. We determine these directly using a functional approach to QCD by Dyson–Schwinger and Bethe–Salpeter equations in the very same setup we used previously to determine pseudo-scalar meson exchange ( $$\pi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:math> , $$\eta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>η</mml:mi> </mml:math> and $$\eta '$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>η</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> ) as well as meson ( $$\pi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:math> and K ) box contributions. Particular care is taken to preserve gauge invariance and to comply with short distance constraints in both the form factors and the HLbL tensor. Our result for the contributions from a tower of axial-vector states including short distance constraints is $$a_\mu ^{\text {HLbL}}[\text {AV-tower+SDC}] = 24.8 \,(6.1) \times 10^{-11}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>HLbL</mml:mtext> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mtext>AV-tower+SDC</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>24.8</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6.1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>11</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . For the combined contributions from $$f_0(980), a_0(980), f_0(1370)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>980</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>980</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1370</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$a_0(1450)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1450</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> we find $$a_\mu ^{\text {HLbL}}[\text {scalar}] = -1.6 \,(5) \times 10^{-11}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>HLbL</mml:mtext> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mtext>scalar</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.6</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>11</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> .

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The European Physical Journal C
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2025-04-22
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14055-7
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Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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Axial-vector and scalar contributions to hadronic light-by-light scattering

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Abstract We present results for single axial-vector and scalar meson pole contributions to the hadronic light-by-light scattering (HLbL) part of the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment. In the dispersive approach to these quantities (in narrow width approximation) the central inputs are the corresponding space-like electromagnetic transition form factors. We determine these directly using a functional approach to QCD by Dyson–Schwinger and Bethe–Salpeter equations in the very same setup we used previously to determine pseudo-scalar meson exchange ( $$\pi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:math> , $$\eta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>η</mml:mi> </mml:math> and $$\eta '$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>η</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> ) as well as meson ( $$\pi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:math> and K ) box contributions. Particular care is taken to preserve gauge invariance and to comply with short distance constraints in both the form factors and the HLbL tensor. Our result for the contributions from a tower of axial-vector states including short distance constraints is $$a_\mu ^{\text {HLbL}}[\text {AV-tower+SDC}] = 24.8 \,(6.1) \times 10^{-11}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>HLbL</mml:mtext> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mtext>AV-tower+SDC</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>24.8</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6.1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>11</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . For the combined contributions from $$f_0(980), a_0(980), f_0(1370)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>980</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>980</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1370</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$a_0(1450)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1450</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> we find $$a_\mu ^{\text {HLbL}}[\text {scalar}] = -1.6 \,(5) \times 10^{-11}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>HLbL</mml:mtext> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mtext>scalar</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.6</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>11</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> .

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