34 research outputs found
Effective heavy-light meson energies in small-volume quenched QCD
We study effective energies of heavy-light meson correlation functions in
lattice QCD and a small volume of (0.2 fm)^4 to non-perturbatively calculate
their dependence on the heavy quark mass in the continuum limit. Our quenched
results obtained here constitute an essential intermediate step of a first
fully non-perturbative computation of the b-quark's mass in the static
approximation that has recently been presented as an application of a new
proposal to non-perturbatively renormalize the Heavy Quark Effective Theory.
The renormalization constant and the improvement coefficients relating the
renormalized current and subtracted quark mass are determined in the relevant
parameter region at weak couplings, which allows to perform the numerical
simulations at several, precisely fixed values of the renormalization group
invariant heavy quark mass in a range from 3 GeV to 15 GeV.Comment: 24 pages including figures and tables, latex2e; version published in
JHEP, small additions, results unchange
Perturbative two- and three-loop coefficients from large beta Monte Carlo
Perturbative coefficients for Wilson loops and the static quark self-energy
are extracted from Monte Carlo simulations at large beta on finite volumes,
where all the lattice momenta are large. The Monte Carlo results are in
excellent agreement with perturbation theory through second order. New results
for third order coefficients are reported. Twisted boundary conditions are used
to eliminate zero modes and to suppress Z_3 tunneling.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures. Contributions of Howard Trottier and Paul
Mackenzie to Lattice '9
Analytical results for the confinement mechanism in QCD_3
We present analytical methods for investigating the interaction of two heavy
quarks in QCD_3 using the effective action approach. Our findings result in
explicit expressions for the static potentials in QCD_3 for long and short
distances. With regard to confinement, our conclusion reflects many features
found in the more realistic world of QCD_4.Comment: 24 pages, uses REVTe
Adjoint "quarks" on coarse anisotropic lattices: Implications for string breaking in full QCD
A detailed study is made of four dimensional SU(2) gauge theory with static
adjoint ``quarks'' in the context of string breaking. A tadpole-improved action
is used to do simulations on lattices with coarse spatial spacings ,
allowing the static potential to be probed at large separations at a
dramatically reduced computational cost. Highly anisotropic lattices are used,
with fine temporal spacings , in order to assess the behavior of the
time-dependent effective potentials. The lattice spacings are determined from
the potentials for quarks in the fundamental representation. Simulations of the
Wilson loop in the adjoint representation are done, and the energies of
magnetic and electric ``gluelumps'' (adjoint quark-gluon bound states) are
calculated, which set the energy scale for string breaking. Correlators of
gauge-fixed static quark propagators, without a connecting string of spatial
links, are analyzed. Correlation functions of gluelump pairs are also
considered; similar correlators have recently been proposed for observing
string breaking in full QCD and other models. A thorough discussion of the
relevance of Wilson loops over other operators for studies of string breaking
is presented, using the simulation results presented here to support a number
of new arguments.Comment: 22 pages, 14 figure
Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Cooling in Lattice QCD
Chiral symmetry breaking is calculated as a function of cooling in quenched
lattice QCD. A non-zero signal is found for the chiral condensate beyond one
hundred cooling steps, suggesting that there is chiral symmetry breaking
associated with instantons. Quantitatively, the chiral condensate in cooled
gauge field configurations is small compared to the value without cooling.Comment: 11 pages in REVTEX including 4 PS figures embedded using psfig.sty,
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Non-perturbative Heavy Quark Effective Theory
We explain how to perform non-perturbative computations in HQET on the
lattice. In particular the problem of the subtraction of power-law divergences
is solved by a non-perturbative matching of HQET and QCD. As examples, we
present a full calculation of the mass of the b-quark in the combined static
and quenched approximation and outline an alternative way to obtain the B-meson
decay constant at lowest order. Since no excessively large lattices are
required, our strategy can also be applied including dynamical fermions.Comment: 27 pages including figures and tables, latex2e; version published in
JHEP, typos corrected and 1 reference adde
Perturbative expansions from Monte Carlo simulations at weak coupling: Wilson loops and the static-quark self-energy
Perturbative coefficients for Wilson loops and the static-quark self-energy
are extracted from Monte Carlo simulations at weak coupling. The lattice
volumes and couplings are chosen to ensure that the lattice momenta are all
perturbative. Twisted boundary conditions are used to eliminate the effects of
lattice zero modes and to suppress nonperturbative finite-volume effects due to
Z(3) phases. Simulations of the Wilson gluon action are done with both periodic
and twisted boundary conditions, and over a wide range of lattice volumes (from
to ) and couplings (from to ).
A high precision comparison is made between the simulation data and results
from finite-volume lattice perturbation theory. The Monte Carlo results are
shown to be in excellent agreement with perturbation theory through second
order. New results for third-order coefficients for a number of Wilson loops
and the static-quark self-energy are reported.Comment: 36 pages, 15 figures, REVTEX documen
Numerical Stochastic Perturbation Theory for full QCD
We give a full account of the Numerical Stochastic Perturbation Theory method
for Lattice Gauge Theories. Particular relevance is given to the inclusion of
dynamical fermions, which turns out to be surprisingly cheap in this context.
We analyse the underlying stochastic process and discuss the convergence
properties. We perform some benchmark calculations and - as a byproduct - we
present original results for Wilson loops and the 3-loop critical mass for
Wilson fermions.Comment: 35 pages, 5 figures; syntax revise
Measurement of hybrid content of heavy quarkonia using lattice NRQCD
Using lowest-order lattice NRQCD to create heavy meson propagators and
applying the spin-dependent interaction, , at varying intermediate time slices, we
compute the off-diagonal matrix element of the Hamiltonian for the
quarkonium-hybrid two-state system. Thus far, we have results for one set of
quenched lattices with an interpolation in quark mass to match the bottomonium
spectrum. After diagonalization of the two-state Hamiltonian, we find the
ground state of the to show a (with ) probability admixture of hybrid, .Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys Rev
Heavy Quarks on Anisotropic Lattices: The Charmonium Spectrum
We present results for the mass spectrum of mesons simulated on
anisotropic lattices where the temporal spacing is only half of the
spatial spacing . The lattice QCD action is the Wilson gauge action plus
the clover-improved Wilson fermion action. The two clover coefficients on an
anisotropic lattice are estimated using mean links in Landau gauge. The bare
velocity of light has been tuned to keep the anisotropic, heavy-quark
Wilson action relativistic. Local meson operators and three box sources are
used in obtaining clear statistics for the lowest lying and first excited
charmonium states of , , , and . The
continuum limit is discussed by extrapolating from quenched simulations at four
lattice spacings in the range 0.1 - 0.3 fm. Results are compared with the
observed values in nature and other lattice approaches. Finite volume effects
and dispersion relations are checked.Comment: 36 pages, 6 figur