Renormalization-group equations of the LEFT at two loops: dimension-six operators
A bstract We present the third part of a systematic calculation of the two-loop anomalous dimensions for the low-energy effective field theory below the electroweak scale (LEFT): insertions of dimension-six operators that conserve baryon number. In line with our previous publications, we obtain the results in the algebraically consistent ’t Hooft-Veltman scheme for γ 5 , corrected for evanescent as well as chiral-symmetry-breaking effects through finite renormalizations. We compute the renormalization of the dimension-six four-fermion and three-gluon operators, as well as the power corrections to lower-dimension operators in the presence of masses, i.e., the down-mixing into dimension-five dipole operators, masses, gauge couplings, and theta terms. Our results are of interest for a broad range of low-energy precision searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Authors
- Peter Stoffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-2696)
- Luca Naterop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1586-1519)
Institutions
- University of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2026)016
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 27.96
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung