737 research outputs found
Perturbative renormalization of the first two moments of non-singlet quark distributions with overlap fermions
Using the overlap-Dirac operator proposed by Neuberger, we have computed in
lattice QCD the one-loop renormalization factors of ten operators which measure
the lowest two moments of unpolarized and polarized non-singlet quark
distributions. These factors are necessary to extract physical numbers from
Monte Carlo simulations made with overlap fermions.
An exact chiral symmetry is maintained in all our results, and the
renormalization constants of corresponding unpolarized and polarized operators
which differ by a matrix have the same value. We have considered two
lattice representations for each continuum operator. The computations have been
carried out using the symbolic language FORM, in a general covariant gauge. In
some simple cases they have also been checked by hand.Comment: 23 pages, 1 Postscript figure, uses elsevier style. Small corrections
made in eqs. (6), (7), (13), (15), (17), (19), (20), (21) and (A.8), with no
influence on the result
Magnetic moment of the Roper resonance
The magnetic moment of the Roper resonance is calculated in the framework of
a low-energy effective field theory of the strong interactions. A systematic
power-counting procedure is implemented by applying the complex-mass scheme.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
The Nielsen Identities of the SM and the definition of mass
In a generic gauge theory the gauge parameter dependence of individual Green
functions is controlled by the Nielsen identities, which originate from an
enlarged BRST symmetry. We give a practical introduction to the Nielsen
identities of the Standard Model (SM) and to their renormalization and
illustrate the power of this elegant formalism in the case of the problem of
the definition of mass.We prove to all orders in perturbation theory the
gauge-independence of the complex pole of the propagator for all physical
fields of the SM, in the most general case with mixing and CP violation. At the
amplitude level, the formalism provides an intuitive and general understanding
of the gauge recombinations which makes it particularly useful at higher
orders. We also include in an appendix the explicit expressions for the
fermionic two-point functions in a generic R_\xi gauge.Comment: 28 pages, LaTeX2e, 4 Postscript Figures, final version to appear on
PRD, extensive revision
The Specific Heat of a Ferromagnetic Film.
We analyze the specific heat for the vector model on a -dimensional
film geometry of thickness using ``environmentally friendly''
renormalization. We consider periodic, Dirichlet and antiperiodic boundary
conditions, deriving expressions for the specific heat and an effective
specific heat exponent, \alpha\ef. In the case of , for , by
matching to the exact exponent of the two dimensional Ising model we capture
the crossover for \xi_L\ra\infty between power law behaviour in the limit
{L\over\xi_L}\ra\infty and logarithmic behaviour in the limit
{L\over\xi_L}\ra0 for fixed , where is the correlation length in
the transverse dimensions.Comment: 21 pages of Plain TeX. Postscript figures available upon request from
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Quenched Approximation Artifacts: A study in 2-dimensional QED
The spectral properties of the Wilson-Dirac operator in 2-dimensional QED
responsible for the appearance of exceptional configurations in quenched
simulations are studied in detail. The mass singularity structure of the
quenched functional integral is shown to be extremely compicated, with multiple
branch points and cuts. The connection of lattice topological charge and
exactly real eigenmodes is explored using cooling techniques. The lattice
volume and spacing dependence of these modes is studied, as is the effect of
clover improvement of the action. A recently proposed modified quenched
approximation is applied to the study of meson correlators, and the results
compared with both naive quenched and full dynamical calculations of the same
quantity.Comment: 34 pages (Latex) plus 9 embedded figures; title change
The Gross-Neveu model at finite temperature at next to leading order in the 1/N expansion
We present new results on the Gross-Neveu model at finite temperature and at
next-to-leading order in the 1/N expansion. In particular, a new expression is
obtained for the effective potential which is explicitly invariant under
renormalization group transformations. The model is used as a playground to
investigate various features of field theory at finite temperature. For example
we verify that, as expected from general arguments, the cancellation of
ultraviolet divergences takes place at finite temperature without the need for
introducing counterterms beyond those of zero-temperature. As well known, the
discrete chiral symmetry of the 1+1 dimensional model is spontaneously broken
at zero temperature and restored, in leading order, at some temperature T_c; we
find that the 1/N approximation breaks down for temperatures below T_c: As the
temperature increases, the fluctuations become eventually too large to be
treated as corrections, and a Landau pole invalidates the calculation of the
effective potential in the vicinity of its minimum. Beyond T_c, the 1/N
expansion becomes again regular: it predicts that in leading order the system
behaves as a free gas of massless fermions and that, at the next-to-leading
order, it remains weakly interacting. In the limit of large temperature, the
pressure coincides with that given by perturbation theory with a coupling
constant defined at a scale of the order of the temperature, as expected from
asymptotic freedom.Comment: 77 pages, 19 figures (some of them bitmaped, for original figures
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Weakly-bound Hadronic Molecule near a 3-body Threshold
The X(3872) seems to be a loosely-bound hadronic molecule whose constituents
are two charm mesons. A novel feature of this molecule is that the mass
difference of the constituents is close to the mass of a lighter meson that can
be exchanged between them, namely the pion. We analyze this feature in a simple
model with spin-0 mesons only. Various observables are calculated to
next-to-leading order in the interaction strength of the exchanged meson.
Renormalization requires summing a geometric series of next-to-leading order
corrections. The dependence of observables on the ultraviolet cutoff can be
removed by renormalizations of the mass of the heaviest meson, the coupling
constant for the contact interaction between the heavy mesons, and
short-distance coefficients in the operator product expansion. The
next-to-leading order correction has an unphysical infrared divergence at the
threshold of the two heavier mesons that can be eliminated by a further
resummation that takes into account the nonzero width of the heaviest meson.Comment: 37 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.
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