Study of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>ℓ</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mover acce

We present the first lattice QCD determination of the Λ→N vector and axial-vector form factors, which are essential inputs for studying the semileptonic decay Λ→pℓν[over ¯]_{ℓ}. This channel provides a clean, theoretically controlled avenue for extracting the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V_{us}| from the baryon sector. Our analysis uses a gauge ensemble with physical light, strange, and charm quark masses and yields the most precise determination to date of the full set of transition form factors-including second-class contributions-as well as the associated couplings, radii, and the ratio of muon-to-electron decay rates, an observable sensitive to possible nonstandard scalar and tensor interactions. We compare our nonperturbative results with next-to-next-to-leading order expansions in the small parameter δ=(m_{Λ}-m_{N})/m_{Λ}≈0.16. We find that the common phenomenological approximation of neglecting the q^{2} dependence of the form factors leads to a ∼4% deviation in the decay rate. This underscores the critical importance of precise, fully nonperturbative form factor inputs for achieving the subpercent precision targets of upcoming experimental programs.

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Andreas Konstantinou, Simone Bacchio
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Study of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>ℓ</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mover acce

Andreas Konstantinou, Simone Bacchio
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We present the first lattice QCD determination of the Λ→N vector and axial-vector form factors, which are essential inputs for studying the semileptonic decay Λ→pℓν[over ¯]_{ℓ}. This channel provides a clean, theoretically controlled avenue for extracting the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V_{us}| from the baryon sector. Our analysis uses a gauge ensemble with physical light, strange, and charm quark masses and yields the most precise determination to date of the full set of transition form factors-including second-class contributions-as well as the associated couplings, radii, and the ratio of muon-to-electron decay rates, an observable sensitive to possible nonstandard scalar and tensor interactions. We compare our nonperturbative results with next-to-next-to-leading order expansions in the small parameter δ=(m_{Λ}-m_{N})/m_{Λ}≈0.16. We find that the common phenomenological approximation of neglecting the q^{2} dependence of the form factors leads to a ∼4% deviation in the decay rate. This underscores the critical importance of precise, fully nonperturbative form factor inputs for achieving the subpercent precision targets of upcoming experimental programs.

Physical Review LettersVol. 135(23)
Cyprus Institute (CY), University of Cyprus (CY)
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