The HLS approach to $(g-2)_\mu$~: A Solution to the "$\tau$ versus $e^+e^- $" Puzzle

TL;DR

The paper demonstrates that using the broken Hidden Local Symmetry (HLS) model, the longstanding discrepancy between tau decay and electron-positron annihilation data for the muon g-2 can be resolved, unifying these measurements.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive fit framework based on the broken HLS model that successfully reconciles tau decay and $e^+ e^-$ data, resolving the $ au$ versus $e^+ e^-$ puzzle.

Findings

The broken HLS model accurately predicts the pion form factor in $e^+ e^-$ annihilations.

Global fits show consistency between results with and without tau data.

The $ au$-$e^+ e^-$ discrepancy in muon g-2 measurements is resolved within this framework.

Abstract

The Hidden Local Symmetry (HLS) Model provides a framework able to encompass several physical processes and gives a unfied description of these in an energy range extending up to the $\phi$ mass. Supplied with appropriate symmetry breaking schemes, the HLS Model gives a broken Effective Lagrangian (BHLS). The BHLS Lagrangian gives rise to a fit procedure in which a simultaneous description of the $e^+ e^-$ annihilations to $\pi^+\pi^-$, $\pi^0 \gamma$, $\eta \gamma$, $\pi^+\pi^- \pi^0$, $K^+ K^-$, $K_L K_S$ and of the dipion spectrum in the decay $\tau^\pm \rightarrow \pi^\pm \pi^0 \nu$ can be performed. Supplemented with a few pieces of information on the $\rho^0-\omega-\phi$ system, the $\tau$ dipion spectrum is shown to predict accurately the pion form factor in $e^+ e^-$ annihilations. Physics results derived from global fits involving or excluding the $\tau$ dipion spectra are found consistent with each others. Therefore, no obvious mismatch between the $\tau$ and $e^+e^- $ physics properties arises and the $\tau-e^+e^- $ puzzle vanishes within the broken HLS Model.