$N_f=2+1+1$ renormalisation of four-quark operators

Abstract

When several four-quark operators are allowed to mix through renormalisation, this can considerably amplify the problems coming from perturbative truncation and discretisation effects. In this work we investigate whether our previous $B_K$ strategy can conveniently be generalised to a wider set of operators, corresponding to the so-called "SUSY $B_K$" basis of four-quark operators. We show that the discretisation effects, when plotted as a function of $ap$, are surprisingly independent of the lattice spacing. They appear reasonably under control up to very large energy scales. This allows us to discuss the effect of varying the intermediate scale on which the perturbative matching is done, and therefore the prospects of future high-precision studies with a Rome-Southampton renormalisation.