Two-flavor QCD correction to lepton magnetic moments at leading order in the electromagnetic coupling

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 107; no. 8; p. 081802
• Main Authors: Feng, Xu, Jansen, Karl, Petschlies, Marcus, Renner, Dru B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 17-08-2011
• Subjects: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; LEPTONS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MODIFICATIONS; MUONS; PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKS; TAU PARTICLES
• ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.081802

We present a reliable nonperturbative calculation of the QCD correction, at leading order in the electromagnetic coupling, to the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, muon, and tau leptons using two-flavor lattice QCD. We use multiple lattice spacings, multiple volumes, and a broad range of quark masses to control the continuum, infinite-volume, and chiral limits. We examine the impact of the commonly ignored disconnected diagrams and introduce a modification to the previously used method that results in a well-controlled lattice calculation. We obtain 1.513(43)×10(-12), 5.72(16)×10(-8), and 2.650(54)×10(-6) for the leading-order two-flavor QCD correction to the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, muon, and tau, respectively, each accurate to better than 3%.