Radiative Corrections to the Standard Model S. Dawson TASI06, Lecture 3

Radiative Corrections Good References: –Jim Wells, TASI05, hep-ph/ –K. Matchev, TASI04, hep-ph/ –M. Peskin and T. Takeuchi, Phys. Rev. D46, (1992) 381 –W. Hollik, TASI96, hep-ph/

Basics SM is SU(2) x U(1) theory –Two gauge couplings: g and g’ Higgs potential is V=-  2  2 +  4 –Two free parameters Four free parameters in gauge-Higgs sector –Conventionally chosen to be  =1/ (61) G F = (1) x GeV -2 M Z =  GeV M H –Express everything else in terms of these parameters

Example:  parameter At tree level, Many possible definitions of  ; use At tree level G CC =G NC =G F

 parameter (#2) Top quark contributes to W and Z 2-point functions q  q piece of propagator connects to massless fermions, and doesn’t contribute here

Top Corrections to  parameter (Example) 2-point function of Z Shift momentum, k’=k + px N c =number of colors n=4-2  dimensions

Top Corrections to  parameter (#2) Shift momenta, keep symmetric pieces Only need g  pieces

Top Corrections to  parameter (#3) Only need answer at p 2 =0 Dimensional regularization gives:

Top Corrections to  parameter (#4) 2-point function of W, Z L t =1-4s W 2 /3 R t =-4s W 2 /3

Top quark doesn’t decouple Longitudinal component of W couples to top mass-- eg, tbW coupling: Decoupling theorem doesn’t apply to particles which couple to mass For longitudinal W’s:

Why doesn’t the top quark decouple? In QED, running of  at scale  not affected by heavy particles with M >>  Decoupling theorem: diagrams with heavy virtual particles don’t contribute at scales  << M if –Couplings don’t grow with M –Gauge theory with heavy quark removed is still renormalizable Spontaneously broken SU(2) x U(1) theory violates both conditions –Longitudinal modes of gauge bosons grow with mass –Theory without top quark is not renormalizable Effects from top quark grow with m t 2 Expect m t to have large effect on precision observables

Modification of tree level relations   r is a physical quantity which incorporates 1- loop corrections

Corrections to G F G F defined in terms of muon lifetime Consider 4-point interaction,with QED corrections Gives precise value: Angular spectrum of decay electrons tests V-A properties

G F at one loop Vertex and box corrections are small (but 1/  poles don’t cancel without them)

Renormalizing Masses Propagator corrections form geometric series

Running of , 1  (0)=1/ (61)  (p 2 )=  (0)[1+  ]

Running of , 2   p k k+p Photon is massless:   (0)=0 Calculate in n=4-2  dimensions

Running of , 3 Contributions of heavy fermions decouple: Contributions of light fermions:

Running of , 4 From leptons:  lept (M Z )= Light quarks require   at low p 2 Strong interactions not perturbative Optical theorem plus dispersion relation:

Have we seen  run? Langacker, Fermilab Academic Series, 2005

Final Ingredient is  s W 2 s W is not an independent parameter

Predict M W Use on-shell scheme:  r incorporates the 1-loop radiative corrections and is a function of ,  s, M h, m t,…

Data prefer light Higgs Low Q 2 data not included –Doesn’t include atomic parity violation in cesium, parity violation in Moller scattering, & neutrino-nucleon scattering (NuTeV) –Higgs fit not sensitive to low Q 2 data M h < 207 GeV –1-side 95% c.l. upper limit, including direct search limit Direct search limit from e + e -  Zh

Logarithmic sensitivity to M h Data prefer a light Higgs 2006

Understanding Higgs Limit M W (experiment)=  0.030

Light Higgs and Supersymmetry? Adding the extra particles of a SUSY model changes the fit, but a light Higgs is still preferred

How to define sin 2  W At tree level, equivalent expressions Can use these as definitions for renormalized sin 2  W They will all be different at the one-loop level On-shell Z-mass Effective s W (eff)

sin 2  w depends on scale Moller scattering, e - e -  e - e -  -nucleon scattering Atomic parity violation in Cesium

S,T,U formalism Suppose “new physics” contributes primarily to gauge boson 2 point functions –cf  r where vertex and box corrections are small Also assume “new physics” is at scale M>>M Z Two point functions for  , WW, ZZ,  Z

S,T,U, (#2) Taylor expand 2-point functions Keep first two terms Remember that QED Ward identity requires any amplitude involving EM current vanish at q 2 =0

S,T,U (#3) Use J Z =J 3 -s W 2 J Q Normalization of J Z differs by -1/2 from Lecture 2 here

S,T,U (#4) To O(q 2 ), there are 6 coefficients: Three combinations of parameters absorbed in , G F, M Z In general, 3 independent coefficients which can be extracted from data

S,T,U, (#5) Advantages: Easy to calculate Valid for many models Experimentalists can give you model independent fits SM contributions in , G F, and M Z

Limits on S & T A model with a heavy Higgs requires a source of large (positive)  T Fit assumes M h =150 GeV

Higgs can be heavy in models with new physics Specific examples of heavy Higgs bosons in Little Higgs and Triplet Models M h  GeV allowed with large isospin violation (  T=  ) and higher dimension operators We don’t know what the model is which produces the operators which generate large  T

Compute S,T, U from Heavy Higgs SM values of S, T, U are defined for a reference M h0

Using S,T, & U Assume new physics only contributes to gauge boson 2-point functions (Oblique corrections) Calculate observables in terms of SM contribution and S, T, and U

Conclusion Radiative corrections necessary to fit LEP and Tevatron data Radiative corrections strongly limit new models