SPheno threshold corrections
Threshold corrections in Supersymmetric models
In general, the running SM parameters depend on the SUSY masses. The reason are the thresholds to match the running parameters to the measured ones. These thresholds change, when the mass spectrum changes. Therefore, one needs to iterate the procedure explained in the following until the entire loop corrected mass spectrum has converged. The calculation of the thresholds is based on Ref. but is also dynamically adjusted by SARAH to include all new physics contributions. The general procedure to obtain the running gauge and Yukawa at MZ is as follows:
Calculation of gauge couplings
The first step is the calculation of \alpha^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z), \alpha_S^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z) via
\alpha^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z) = \frac{\alpha^{(5),\overline{\text{MS}}}(M_Z)}{1 - \Delta\alpha^{\text{SM}}(M_Z) - \Delta\alpha^{\text{NP}}(M_Z)} ,\\ \alpha_S^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z) = \frac{\alpha_S^{(5),\overline{\text{MS}}}(M_Z)}{1 - \Delta\alpha_S^{\text{SM}}(M_Z) - \Delta\alpha_S^{\text{NP}}(M_Z)}
Here, \alpha_S^{(5),\overline{\text{MS}}} and \alpha^{(5),\overline{\text{MS}}} are taken as input and receive corrections from the top loops as well as form new physics (NP):
\Delta\alpha^{\text{SM}}(\mu) = \frac{\alpha}{2\pi} \left(\frac{1}{3}- \frac{16}{9} \log{\frac{m_t}{\mu}} \right), \hspace{1cm} \Delta\alpha^{\text{NP}}(\mu) =\frac{\alpha}{2\pi} \left( -\sum_i c_i \log{\frac{m_i}{\mu}} \right), \\ \Delta\alpha_S^{\text{SM}}(\mu) = \frac{\alpha_\text{s}}{2\pi} \left( -\frac{2}{3} \log{\frac{m_t}{\mu}} \right), \hspace{1cm} \Delta\alpha_S^{\text{NP}}(\mu) = \frac{\alpha_S}{2\pi}\left( \frac{1}{2}-\sum_i c_i \log{\frac{m_i}{\mu}} \right) .
The sum runs over all particles i which are not present in the SM and which are either charged or coloured. The coefficients ci depends on the charge respectively colour representation, the generic type of the particle (scalar, fermion, vector), and the degrees of freedom of the particle (real/complex boson respectively Majorana/Dirac fermion).
Calculation of the Weinberg angle
The next step is the calculation of the running Weinberg angle \sin\Theta^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}} and electroweak VEV v. For that the one-loop corrections δ**MZ2 and δ**MW2 to the Z- and W-mass are needed. And an iterative procedure is applied with \Theta^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}_W = \Theta_W^{\text{SM}} in the first iteration together with:
v^2 = (M_Z^2 + \delta M_Z^2) \frac{(1- \sin^2\Theta^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}_W)\sin^2\Theta^{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}_W}{\pi \alpha^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}} \\ \sin^2\Theta^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}_W = \frac{1}{2} - \sqrt{\frac{1}{4} - \frac{\pi \alpha^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}}{\sqrt{2} M_Z^2 G_F (1-\delta_r)}}
Here, GF is the Fermi constant and δr is defined by
\delta_r = \rho \frac{\delta M_W^2}{M_W^2} - \frac{\delta M_Z^2}{M_Z^2} + \delta_{VB}
where δV**B are the corrections to the muon decay μ → e**νiν̄j which are calculated at one-loop as well. The ρ parameter is calculated also at full one-loop and the known two-loop SM corrections are added.
With the obtained information, the running gauge couplings at MZ are given by
g_1^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z) = \frac{\sqrt{4 \pi \alpha^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z)}}{\cos\theta_{W}^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z)}, \hspace{0.5cm} g_2^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z) = \frac{\sqrt{4\pi \alpha^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z)}}{\sin\theta_{W}^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z)}, \hspace{0.5cm} g_3^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z) = \sqrt{4 \pi \alpha_S^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}(M_Z)}
Calculation of the Yukawa couplings
The running Yukawa couplings are also calculated in an iterative way. The starting point are the running fermion masses in \overline{\mathrm{DR}} obtained from the pole masses given as input:
m_{l,\mu,\tau}^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},\text{SM}} = m_{l,\mu,\tau} \left(1 - \frac{3}{128 \pi^2}(g^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}_1+g^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}_2)\right) \\ m_{d,s,b}^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},\text{SM}} = m_{d,s,b} \left(1- \frac{\alpha^{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}_S}{3\pi}-\frac{23 \alpha_S^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}}{72 \pi^2} + \frac{3}{128 \pi^2} g^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}_2 - \frac{13}{1152 \pi^2} g^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}_1\right)\\ m_{u,c}^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},\text{SM}} = m_{u,c} \left(1- \frac{\alpha^{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}_S}{3\pi}-\frac{23 \alpha^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}_S}{72 \pi^2} + \frac{3}{128 \pi^2} g^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}_2 - \frac{7}{1152 \pi^2} g^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2}_1\right)\\ m^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},\text{SM}}_t = m_t \left[1 + \frac{1}{16\pi^2} \left(\Delta m_t^{(1),qcd} +\Delta m_t^{(2),qcd} + \Delta m_t^{(1),ew}\right)\right]
with
\Delta m_t^{(1),qcd} = -\frac{16 \pi \alpha_S^{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}{3} \left(5 + 3 \log\frac{M_Z^2}{m_t^2} \right) \\ \Delta m_t^{(2),qcd} = -\frac{64 \pi^2 \alpha_S^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2} }{3} \left(\frac{1}{24}+\frac{2011}{384\pi^2}+\frac{\ln2}{12}-\frac{\zeta(3)}{8\pi^2}+\frac{123}{32\pi^2} \log\frac{M_Z^2}{m_t^2}+\frac{33}{32\pi^2} \left(\log\frac{M_Z^2}{m_t^2}\right)^2 \right)\\ \Delta m_t^{(1),ew} = - \frac{4}{9} g_2^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}},2} \sin^2 \Theta^{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}_W \left(5 + 3 \log\frac{M_Z^2}{m_t^2}\right)
The two-loop parts are taken from Refs. . The masses are matched to the eigenvalues of the loop-corrected fermion mass matrices calculated as
mf(1L)(pi2)=mf(T) − Σ̃S+(pi2)−Σ̃R+(pi2)mf(T) − mf(T)Σ̃L+(pi2)
Here, the pure QCD and QED corrections are dropped in the self-energies Σ̃. Inverting this relation to get the running tree-level mass matrix mf(T) leads to Y_d^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}, Y_u^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}, Y_e^{{{\overline{\mathrm{DR}}}}}. Since the self-energies depend also one the Yukawa matrices, this calculation has to be iterated until a stable point is reached. Optionally, also the constraint that the CKM matrix is reproduced can be included in the matching.
Threshold corrections in Non-Supersymmetric models
In non-supersymmetric models, the threshold corrections of new physics are not yet implemented, but the running MS parameters are taken as starting point.