{"paper":{"title":"Epsilon_K at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order: The Charm-Top-Quark Contribution","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"hep-ph","authors_text":"Joachim Brod, Martin Gorbahn","submitted_at":"2010-07-05T14:09:28Z","abstract_excerpt":"We perform a next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD analysis of the charm-top-quark contribution eta_ct to the effective Delta S = 2 Hamiltonian in the Standard Model. eta_ct represents an important part of the short distance contribution to the parameter epsilon_K. We calculate the three-loop anomalous dimension of the leading operator Q_S2, the three-loop mixing of the current-current and penguin operators into Q_S2, and the corresponding two-loop matching conditions at the electroweak, the bottom-quark, and the charm-quark scale. As our final numerical result we obtain eta_ct = 0.496 +/- "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1007.0684","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}