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Third-order mixed electroweak-QCD corrections to the W-boson mass prediction from the muon lifetime

Ievgen Dubovyk, Ayres Freitas, Janusz Gluza, and Johann Usovitsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 23 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/crzt-ss4w

Abstract

We present the calculation of the so far missing ${\cal O}(\alpha^2\alpha_\mathrm{s})$ corrections to the quantity ∆r, which relates the Fermi constant to the W-boson mass, and enables precision predictions of the latter. While the ${\cal O}(\alpha^2\alpha_\mathrm{s})$ corrections from diagrams with two closed fermion loops are already known, we here focus on the subset with one closed fermion loop, which is a substantially more complex problem. The calculation has been carried out through a combination of analytical and numerical techniques for the three-loop integrals and the on-shell renormalization. The impact of the new corrections is numerically signicant, raising the Standard Model prediction for the W-boson mass by more than 3 MeV.

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