Nucleon electromagnetic form factors in the continuum limit from ( )-flavor lattice QCD
Abstract
We present results for the isovector (p–n) electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon using 11 ensembles of gauge configurations generated by the MILC Collaboration using the highly improved staggered quark action with 2+1+1 dynamical flavors. These ensembles span four lattice spacings a ≈ 0.06, 0.09, 0.12 and 0.15 fm and three values of the light-quark masses corresponding to the pion masses Mπ ≈ 135, 225 and 315 MeV. High-statistics estimates using the truncated-solver method allow us to quantify various systematic uncertainties and perform a simultaneous extrapolation in the lattice spacing, lattice volume and light-quark masses. We analyze the Q2 dependence of the form factors calculated over the range 0.05 ≲ Q2 ≲ 1.4 GeV2 using both the model-independent z expansion and the dipole Ansatz. Our final estimates, using the z-expansion fit, for the isovector root-mean-square radius of nucleon are rE = 0.769(27)(30) fm, rM = 0.671(48)(76) fm and μp–n = 3.939(86)(138) Bohr magneton. The first error is the combined uncertainty from the leading-order analysis, and the second is an estimate of the additional uncertainty due to using the leading-order chiral-continuum-finite-volume fits. The estimates from the dipole Ansatz, rE = 0.765(11)(8) fm, rM = 0.704(21)(29) fm an μp–n = 3.975(84)(125) Bohr magneton, are consistent with those from the z expansion but with smaller errors. Our analysis highlights three points. First, all our data for form factors from the 11 ensembles and existing lattice data on, or close to, physical mass ensembles from other collaborations collapse more clearly onto a single curve when plotted versus Q2/M$$^2_N$$ as compared to Q2 with the scale set by quantities other than MN. Here, the difference between these two ways of analyzing the data is indicative of discretization errors, some of which presumably cancel when the data are plotted versus Q2/M$$^2_N$$. Second, the size of the remaining deviation of this common curve from the Kelly curve is small and can be accounted for by statistical and possible systematic uncertainties. Third, to improve lattice estimates for < r$$^2_E$$ >, < r$$^2_M$$ > and μ, high–statistics data for Q2 < 0.1 GeV2 are needed.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Contributing Org.:
- PNDME Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1593500
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- OSTI ID: 1599034
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-25275
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 014507
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- 89233218CNA000001; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; AC52-06NA25396; PHY 1653405
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- Published Article
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- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 101 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; atomic; nuclear and particle physics; nucleon form factors; lattice QCD; charge radii
Citation Formats
Jang, Yong-Chull, Gupta, Rajan, Lin, Huey-Wen, Yoon, Boram, Bhattacharya, Tanmoy, and PNDME Collaboration. Nucleon electromagnetic form factors in the continuum limit from ( 2 + 1 + 1 )-flavor lattice QCD. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.014507.
Jang, Yong-Chull, Gupta, Rajan, Lin, Huey-Wen, Yoon, Boram, Bhattacharya, Tanmoy, & PNDME Collaboration. Nucleon electromagnetic form factors in the continuum limit from ( 2 + 1 + 1 )-flavor lattice QCD. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.014507
Jang, Yong-Chull, Gupta, Rajan, Lin, Huey-Wen, Yoon, Boram, Bhattacharya, Tanmoy, and PNDME Collaboration. Thu .
"Nucleon electromagnetic form factors in the continuum limit from ( 2 + 1 + 1 )-flavor lattice QCD". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.014507.
@article{osti_1593500,
title = {Nucleon electromagnetic form factors in the continuum limit from ( 2 + 1 + 1 )-flavor lattice QCD},
author = {Jang, Yong-Chull and Gupta, Rajan and Lin, Huey-Wen and Yoon, Boram and Bhattacharya, Tanmoy and PNDME Collaboration},
abstractNote = {We present results for the isovector (p–n) electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon using 11 ensembles of gauge configurations generated by the MILC Collaboration using the highly improved staggered quark action with 2+1+1 dynamical flavors. These ensembles span four lattice spacings a ≈ 0.06, 0.09, 0.12 and 0.15 fm and three values of the light-quark masses corresponding to the pion masses Mπ ≈ 135, 225 and 315 MeV. High-statistics estimates using the truncated-solver method allow us to quantify various systematic uncertainties and perform a simultaneous extrapolation in the lattice spacing, lattice volume and light-quark masses. We analyze the Q2 dependence of the form factors calculated over the range 0.05 ≲ Q2 ≲ 1.4 GeV2 using both the model-independent z expansion and the dipole Ansatz. Our final estimates, using the z-expansion fit, for the isovector root-mean-square radius of nucleon are rE = 0.769(27)(30) fm, rM = 0.671(48)(76) fm and μp–n = 3.939(86)(138) Bohr magneton. The first error is the combined uncertainty from the leading-order analysis, and the second is an estimate of the additional uncertainty due to using the leading-order chiral-continuum-finite-volume fits. The estimates from the dipole Ansatz, rE = 0.765(11)(8) fm, rM = 0.704(21)(29) fm an μp–n = 3.975(84)(125) Bohr magneton, are consistent with those from the z expansion but with smaller errors. Our analysis highlights three points. First, all our data for form factors from the 11 ensembles and existing lattice data on, or close to, physical mass ensembles from other collaborations collapse more clearly onto a single curve when plotted versus Q2/M$^2_N$ as compared to Q2 with the scale set by quantities other than MN. Here, the difference between these two ways of analyzing the data is indicative of discretization errors, some of which presumably cancel when the data are plotted versus Q2/M$^2_N$. Second, the size of the remaining deviation of this common curve from the Kelly curve is small and can be accounted for by statistical and possible systematic uncertainties. Third, to improve lattice estimates for < r$^2_E$ >, < r$^2_M$ > and μ, high–statistics data for Q2 < 0.1 GeV2 are needed.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.101.014507},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 1,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {1}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.014507
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