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Title: Comparison of lattice Coulomb-gauge wave functions in the quenched approximation and with dynamical fermions

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
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  1. National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307 (United States) Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 (United States) University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 (United States) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States) University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States) Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States) Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (United States) University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816 (United States) Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States) University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States) University of New South Wales, Kensington,

We present a comparison of Coulomb-gauge wave functions from 6/[ital g][sup 2]=6.0 quenched simulations with two simulations which include the effects of dynamical fermions: simulations with two flavors of dynamical staggered quarks and valence Wilson quarks at 6/[ital g][sup 2]=5.6 and simulations with two flavors of dynamical Wilson quarks and Wilson valence quarks at 6/[ital g][sup 2]=5.3. The spectroscopy of these systems is essentially identical. Parametrizations of the wave functions are presented which can be used as interpolating fields for spectroscopy calculations. The sizes of particles are calculated using these parametrized wave functions. The resulting sizes are small, approximately half the sizes of the physical states. The charge radius of the neutron, which provides an indication of the asymmetries between the wave functions of up and down quarks, is calculated. Although the size of the nucleon in these simulations is small, the ratio of the charge radius of the neutron to that of the proton is consistent with the physical value. We find no significant differences between the quenched and dynamical simulations.

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-85ER40213; AC02-86ER40253; AC02-84ER40125; W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6899847
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 47:1; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English