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Title: Multipion states in lattice QCD and the charged-pion condensate

Journal Article · · Physical Review D

The ground-state energies of systems containing up to 12 pi+'s in a spatial volume V~(2.5 fm)3 are computed in dynamical, mixed-action lattice QCD at a lattice spacing of ~0.125 fm for four different values of the light-quark masses. Clean signals are seen for each ground-state, allowing for a precise extraction of both the pi+pi+ scattering length and pi+pi+pi+ interaction from a correlated analysis of systems containing different numbers of pi+'s. This extraction of the pi+pi+ scattering length is consistent with that from the pi+pi+ system alone. The large number of systems studied here significantly strengthens the arguments presented in our earlier work and unambiguously demonstrates the presence of a low energy pi+pi+pi+ interaction. The equation of state of a pi+ gas is investigated using our numerical results and the density dependence of the isospin chemical potential for these systems agrees well with the theoretical expectations of leading order chiral perturbation theory.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-060R23177
OSTI ID:
955980
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-08-842; DOE/OR/23177-0418
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Vol. 78
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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