No Arabic abstract
Within the differential equation method for multiloop calculations, we examine the systems irreducible to $epsilon$-form. We argue that for many cases of such systems it is possible to obtain nontrivial quadratic constraints on the coefficients of $epsilon$-expansion of their homogeneous solutions. These constraints are the direct consequence of the existence of symmetric $(epsilon+1/2)$-form of the homogeneous differential system, i.e., the form where the matrix in the right-hand side is symmetric and its $epsilon$-dependence is localized in the overall factor $(epsilon+1/2)$. The existence of such a form can be constructively checked by available methods and seems to be common to many irreducible systems, which we demonstrate on several examples. The obtained constraints provide a nontrivial insight on the structure of general solution in the case of the systems irreducible to $epsilon$-form. For the systems reducible to $epsilon$-form we also observe the existence of symmetric form and derive the corresponding quadratic constraints.
We present new results for the matrix elements of the Q_6 and Q_4 penguin operators, evaluated in a large-Nc approach which incorporates important O(N_c^2frac{n_f}{N_c}) unfactorized contributions. Our approach shows analytic matching between short- and long-distance scale dependences within dimensional renormalization schemes, such as MS-bar. Numerically, we find that there is a large positive contribution to the Delta I =1/2 matrix element of Q_6 and hence to the direct CP-violation parameter epsilon/epsilon. We also present results for the Delta I = 1/2 rule in K -> pi pi amplitudes, which incorporate the related and important ``eye-diagram contributions of O(N_c^2frac{1}{N_c}) from the Q_2 operator (i.e. the penguin-like contraction). The results lead to an enhancement of the Delta I = 1/2 effective coupling. The origin of the large unfactorized contributions which we find is discussed in terms of the relevant scales of the problem.
We generated configurations with the parametrized fixed-point Dirac operator D_{FP} on a (1.6 fm)^4 box at a lattice spacing a=0.13 fm. We compare the distributions of the three lowest k=1,2,3 eigenvalues in the nu= 0,1,2 topological sectors with that of the Random Matrix Theory predictions. The ratios of expectation values of the lowest eigenvalues and the cumulative eigenvalue distributions are studied for all combinations of k and nu. After including the finite size correction from one-loop chiral perturbation theory we obtained for the chiral condensate in the MSbar scheme Sigma(2GeV)^{1/3}=0.239(11) GeV, where the error is statistical only.
The Standard Model prediction for $epsilon/epsilon$ based on recent lattice QCD results exhibits a tension with the experimental data. We solve this tension through $W_R^+$ gauge boson exchange in the $SU(2)_Ltimes SU(2)_Rtimes U(1)_{B-L}$ model with `charge symmetry, whose theoretical motivation is to attribute the chiral structure of the Standard Model to the spontaneous breaking of $SU(2)_Rtimes U(1)_{B-L}$ gauge group and charge symmetry. We show that $M_{W_R}<58$ TeV is required to account for the $epsilon/epsilon$ anomaly in this model. Next, we make a prediction for the neutron EDM in the same model and study a correlation between $epsilon/epsilon$ and the neutron EDM. We confirm that the model can solve the $epsilon/epsilon$ anomaly without conflicting the current bound on the neutron EDM, and further reveal that almost all parameter regions in which the $epsilon/epsilon$ anomaly is explained will be covered by future neutron EDM searches, which leads us to anticipate the discovery of the neutron EDM.
We analyze the CP violating ratio epsilon/epsilon and rare K and B decays in the MSSM with minimal flavour and CP violation, including NLO QCD corrections and imposing constraints on the supersymmetric parameters coming from epsilon, B_{d,s}^0-bar B_{d,s}^0 mixings, B to X_s gamma, Delta rho in the electroweak precision studies and from the lower bound on the neutral Higgs mass. We provide a compendium of phenomenologically relevant formulae in the MSSM. Denoting by T(Q) the MSSM prediction for a given quantity normalized to the Standard Model result we find the ranges: 0.53 < T(epsilon/epsilon) < 1.07, 0.65 < T(K^+ to pi^+ nu nubar) < 1.02, 0.41 < T(K_L to pi^0 nu nubar) < 1.03, 0.48 < T(K_L to pi^0 e^+ e^-) < 1.10, 0.73 < T(B to X_s nu nubar) < 1.34 and 0.68 < T(B_s to mu^+ mu^-) < 1.53. We point out that these ranges will be considerably reduced when the lower bounds on the neutral Higgs mass and tan beta improve. Some contour plots illustrate the dependences of the quantities above on the relevant supersymmetric parameters. As a byproduct of this work we update our previous analysis of epsilon/epsilon in the SM and find in NDR epsilon/epsilon = (9.2^{+6.8}_{-4.0}), a value 15 % higher than in our 1999 analysis.
Three years after the completion of the next-to-leading order calculation, the status of the theoretical estimates of $epsilon/epsilon$ is reviewed. In spite of the theoretical progress, the prediction of $epsilon/epsilon$ is still affected by a 100% theoretical error. In this paper the different sources of uncertainty are critically analysed and an updated estimate of $epsilon/epsilon$ is presented. Some theoretical implications of a value of $epsilon/epsilon$ definitely larger than $10^{-3}$ are also discussed.