The ΔS = 1 effective hamiltonian including next-to-leading order QCD and QED corrections

Abstract

In this paper we present a calculation of the ΔS = 1 effective weak hamiltonian including next-to-leading order QCD and QED corrections. At a scale μ of the order of a few GeV, the Wilson coefficients of the operators are given in terms of the renormalization group evolution matrix and of the coefficients computed at a large scale ∼ M W. The expression of the evolution matrix is derived from the two-loop anomalous dimension matrix which governs the mixing of the relevant current-current and penguin operators, renormalized in some given regularization scheme. We have computed the anomalous dimension matrix up to and including order α s 2 and α e α s in two different renormalization schemes, NDR and HV, with consistent results. We give many details on the calculation of the anomalous dimension matrix at two loops, on the determination of the Wilson coefficients at the scale M W and of their evolution from M W to μ. We also discuss the dependence of the Wilson coefficients/operators on the regularization scheme.