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Evidence for quenched chiral logs
Using the pole shifting procedure of the modified quenched approximation
(MQA) to cure the exceptional configuration problem, accurate hadron hadron
spectrum calculations can be obtained at very light quark mass. Here we use the
MQA to extend and improve our previous investigation of chiral logs in the pion
mass. At beta=5.7 for Wilson fermion, we see clear evidence for quenched chiral
logarithms in the pion mass as a function of quark mass. The size of the
observed chiral log exponent delta is in good agreement with the value obtained
from a direct calculation of the eta' hairpin diagram.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figures, Lattice 98 tal
Chiral Loops and Ghost States in the Quenched Scalar Propagator
The scalar, isovector meson propagator is analyzed in quenched QCD, using the
MQA pole-shifting ansatz to study the chiral limit. In addition to the expected
short-range exponential falloff characteristic of a heavy scalar meson, the
propagator also exhibits a longer-range, negative metric contribution which
becomes pronounced for smaller quark masses. We show that this is a quenched
chiral loop effect associated with the anomalous structure of the
propagator in quenched QCD. Both the time dependence and the quark mass
dependence of this effect are well-described by a chiral loop diagram
corresponding to an intermediate state, which is light and
effectively of negative norm in the quenched approximation. The relevant
parameters of the effective Lagrangian describing the scalar sector of the
quenched theory are determined.Comment: 29 pages, 10 figures, Late
Quark mass dependence of the pseudoscalar hairpin vertex
In a recent investigation of chiral behavior in quenched lattice QCD, the
flavor-singlet pseudoscalar ``hairpin'' vertex associated with the eta prime
mass was studied for pion masses ranging from approximately 275 to 675 MeV.
Throughout this mass range, the quark-disconnected pseudoscalar correlator is
well-described by a pure double-pion-pole diagram with a p^2 independent mass
insertion. The residue of the double pole was found to exhibit a significant
quark mass dependence, evidenced by a negative slope of the effective mass
insertion (m_0^{eff})^2 as a function of m_{\pi}^2. It has been observed by
Sharpe that, with a consistent NLO calculation in quenched chiral perturbation
theory, this mass dependence is uniquely predicted in terms of the single-pole
coefficient \alpha_{\Phi} and the Leutwyler parameter L_5. Since \alpha_{\Phi}
is found to be approximately zero, the chiral slope of the double-pole residue
determines a value for L_5. This provides a consistency check between the
chiral slope of the hairpin mass insertion and that of the pion decay constant.
We investigate the consistency of these mass dependences in our Monte Carlo
results at two values of lattice spacing. Within statistics, the slopes are
found to be consistent with the Q\chiPT prediction, confirming that the
observed negative slope of m_0^{eff} arises as an effect of the L_5 Leutwyler
term.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, LaTe
Higgs Mass in the Standard Model from Coupling Constant Reduction
Plausible interrelations between parameters of the standard model are
studied. The empirical value of the top quark mass, when used in the
renormalization group equations, suggests that the ratio of the colour SU(3)
gauge coupling , and the top coupling is independent of the
renormalization scale. On the other hand, variety of top-condensate models
suggest that the Higgs self-coupling is proportional to .
Invoking the requirement that the ratio is independent of
the renormalization scale , fixes the Higgs mass. The pole mass of the Higgs
[which differs from the renormalization group mass by a few percent] is found
to be GeV for the one-loop equations and GeV for the
two-loop equations.Comment: 17 pages RevTeX including 7 figure
Chiral Lagrangian Parameters for Scalar and Pseudoscalar Mesons
The results of a high-statistics study of scalar and pseudoscalar meson
propagators in quenched lattice QCD are presented. For two values of lattice
spacing, ( fm) and 5.9 ( fm), we
probe the light quark mass region using clover improved Wilson fermions with
the MQA pole-shifting ansatz to treat the exceptional configuration problem.
The quenched chiral loop parameters and are determined
from a study of the pseudoscalar hairpin correlator. From a global fit to the
meson correlators, estimates are obtained for the relevant chiral Lagrangian
parameters, including the Leutwyler parameters and . Using the
parameters obtained from the singlet and nonsinglet pseudoscalar correlators,
the quenched chiral loop effect in the nonsinglet scalar meson correlator is
studied. By removing this QCL effect from the lattice correlator, we obtain the
mass and decay constant of the ground state scalar, isovector meson .Comment: 36 pages, 12 figures, LaTe
Resolving Exceptional Configurations
In lattice QCD with Wilson fermions, exceptional configurations arise in the
quenched approximation at small quark mass. The origin of these large
previously uncontrolled lattice artifacts is identified. A simple well-defined
procedure (MQA) is presented which removes the artifacts while preserving the
correct continuum limit.Comment: Talk presented by E. Eichten at Lattice 97, Edinburgh(UK), July97. 6
pages, LaTeX, 1 table, 5 figure
Dirac's Observables for the SU(3)XSU(2)XU(1) Standard Model
The complete, missing, Hamiltonian treatment of the standard SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1)
model with Grassmann-valued fermion fields in the Higgs phase is given. We
bypass the complications of the Hamiltonian theory in the Higgs phase,
resulting from the spontaneous symmetry breaking with the Higgs mechanism, by
studying the Hamiltonian formulation of the Higgs phase for the gauge
equivalent Lagrangian in the unitary gauge. A canonical basis of Dirac's
observables is found and the reduced physical Hamiltonian is evaluated. Its
self-energy part is nonlocal for the electromagnetic and strong interactions,
but local for the weak ones. Therefore, the Fermi 4-fermion interaction
reappears at the nonperturbative level.Comment: 90 pages, RevTeX, no figure
QED2 as a testbed for interpolations between quenched and full QCD
Lattice QED2 with the Wilson formulation of fermions is used as a convenient
model system to study artifacts of the quenched approximation on a finite
lattice. The quenched functional integral is shown to be ill-defined in this
system as a consequence of the appearance of exactly real modes for physical
values of the fermion mass.
The location and frequency of such modes is studied as a function of lattice
spacing, lattice volume, topological charge and improved action parameters. The
efficacy of the recently proposed modified quenched approximation is examined,
as well as a new approach to the interpolation from the quenched to full
dynamical theory employing a truncated form of the fermion determinant.Comment: Talk presented by A. Duncan at LATTICE97 (theoretical developments
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