Sarah-SPheno: discrepancies from the SM values

Questions concerning the different calculations performed by SARAH and the output of the information into other formats
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tphyspg
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Sarah-SPheno: discrepancies from the SM values

Post by tphyspg » 26. Jan 2022, 05:38

While working with a BSM extension through SARAH-SPheno, we realized that decay widths (W, Z, Higgs) and masses (W) are different from that of the PDG mean/best-fit values, even when no new decays are kinematically allowed.

e.g., 24 7.93401594E+01 # VWm (beyond 3 sigma PDG limit)
DECAY 23 2.52250152E+00 # VZ (beyond 3 sigma PDG limit)
DECAY 24 2.08627541E+00 # VWm (Not the mean value, 2.085)

To cross-check, we also did the same for the SM and got the following values:
e.g., 24 8.03483324E+01 # VWp (Not the mean value)
DECAY 23 2.51486862E+00 # VZ (beyond 3 sigma PDG limit)
DECAY 24 2.10612606E+00 # VWp (Not the mean value, 2.085, around 2 sigma limit)

Could you please help to fix these issues?

porod
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Re: Sarah-SPheno: discrepancies from the SM values

Post by porod » 16. Jan 2023, 15:05

Hi, did you use the one-loop decay option for this?

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