A review of current lattice QCD scattering calculations shows that finite-volume formalisms now enable multi-hadron weak decay studies with direct relevance to flavour physics.
Simulating rare kaon decays $K^{+}\to\pi^{+}\ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ using domain wall lattice QCD with physical light quark masses
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We report the first calculation using physical light-quark masses of the electromagnetic form factor $V(z)$ describing the long-distance contributions to the $K^+\to\pi^+\ell^+\ell^-$ decay amplitude. The calculation is performed on a 2+1 flavor domain wall fermion ensemble with inverse lattice spacing $a^{-1}=1.730(4)$GeV. We implement a Glashow-Iliopoulos-Maiani cancellation by extrapolating to the physical charm-quark mass from three below-charm masses. We obtain $V(z=0.013(2))=-0.87(4.44)$, achieving a bound for the value. The large statistical error arises from stochastically estimated quark loops.
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From scattering towards multi-hadron weak decays
A review of current lattice QCD scattering calculations shows that finite-volume formalisms now enable multi-hadron weak decay studies with direct relevance to flavour physics.