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Hadron masses from a novel fermion action in lattice QCD

Abstract

Full text: Due to the self-interacting nature of gluons, it is impossible to calculate analytically the nonperturbative properties of QCD, the theory of the strong interactions. The only way to perform such a calculation is via a numerical simulation on a discretised lattice with finite lattice spacing, a. Naive discretizations of the QCD action lead to O(a) errors and require extrapolations in a to the continuum limit to make contact with the real world. We use a novel fermion action which displays good scaling at finite lattice spacing, a, as well as having good chiral behaviour. For the first time we are able to efficiently perform simulations of hadron properties at quark masses approaching the chiral limit. We calculate hadron masses including excited states of the nucleon with negative parity and higher spin (j{sup p} = 1{sup -}/2 and 3{sup 3}/2). We find a N-{delta} mass splitting in the quenched approximation 50% bigger than the physical value, rendering previous claims that the quenched approximation reproduces experimental values to within 10% invalid.
Authors:
Zanotti, J; Sundance, B -T; Bonnet, F; Leinweber, D; Williams, A; Zhang, J; [1]  Lee, F; [2]  Melnitchouk, W [3] 
  1. University of Adelaide, SA (Australia). Special Research Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter
  2. George Washington University (United States)
  3. Jefferson Laboratory (United States)
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 2002
Product Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 15. Biennial Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics. Physics and industry working together, Sydney, NSW (Australia), 8-11 Jul 2002; Other Information: PBD: 2002; Related Information: In: 15th Biennial Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics incorporating Australian Conference of Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Optical Society (AOS). Handbook and abstracts, 235 pages.
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CHIRALITY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ERRORS; EXCITED STATES; GLUONS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; MASS; NUCLEONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARITY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKS; SPIN; STRONG INTERACTIONS
OSTI ID:
20619743
Research Organizations:
Australian Institute of Physics (Australia)
Country of Origin:
Australia
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: AU0524421063393
Availability:
Available in abstract form only, full text entered in this record
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 62
Announcement Date:
Aug 28, 2005

Citation Formats

Zanotti, J, Sundance, B -T, Bonnet, F, Leinweber, D, Williams, A, Zhang, J, Lee, F, and Melnitchouk, W. Hadron masses from a novel fermion action in lattice QCD. Australia: N. p., 2002. Web.
Zanotti, J, Sundance, B -T, Bonnet, F, Leinweber, D, Williams, A, Zhang, J, Lee, F, & Melnitchouk, W. Hadron masses from a novel fermion action in lattice QCD. Australia.
Zanotti, J, Sundance, B -T, Bonnet, F, Leinweber, D, Williams, A, Zhang, J, Lee, F, and Melnitchouk, W. 2002. "Hadron masses from a novel fermion action in lattice QCD." Australia.
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title = {Hadron masses from a novel fermion action in lattice QCD}
author = {Zanotti, J, Sundance, B -T, Bonnet, F, Leinweber, D, Williams, A, Zhang, J, Lee, F, and Melnitchouk, W}
abstractNote = {Full text: Due to the self-interacting nature of gluons, it is impossible to calculate analytically the nonperturbative properties of QCD, the theory of the strong interactions. The only way to perform such a calculation is via a numerical simulation on a discretised lattice with finite lattice spacing, a. Naive discretizations of the QCD action lead to O(a) errors and require extrapolations in a to the continuum limit to make contact with the real world. We use a novel fermion action which displays good scaling at finite lattice spacing, a, as well as having good chiral behaviour. For the first time we are able to efficiently perform simulations of hadron properties at quark masses approaching the chiral limit. We calculate hadron masses including excited states of the nucleon with negative parity and higher spin (j{sup p} = 1{sup -}/2 and 3{sup 3}/2). We find a N-{delta} mass splitting in the quenched approximation 50% bigger than the physical value, rendering previous claims that the quenched approximation reproduces experimental values to within 10% invalid.}
place = {Australia}
year = {2002}
month = {Jul}
}