Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper, we present new calculations of the leading-order one-loop amplitude and the decay rate for [Formula: see text] within the standard model, employing reduction to a set of basic Passarino–Veltman functions resulting in more concise expressions compared to prior works. Our result for the total decay rate is [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]keV, in close agreement with the narrow width approximation (NWA) for the intermediate Z boson. A comparison with previous results available in the literature is also provided. We evaluate the differential decay rate with respect to the energy of the photon and find that the non-resonant contributions from box diagrams beyond the NWA notably affect the kinematic region associated with high-energy photons, where the intermediate Z boson is offshell. This suggests potential implications for searches of dark sector mediators, particularly in future lepton collider experiments.
Source: Modern Physics Letters A
Authors: Aliaksei Kachanovich, Ivan Nišandžić
Institutions: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ruđer Bošković Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G1042398408
OpenAlex ID: W4408055794