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Mean link versus average plaquette tadpoles in lattice NRQCD
We compare mean-link and average plaquette tadpole renormalization schemes in
the context of the quarkonium hyperfine splittings in lattice NRQCD.
Simulations are done for the three quarkonium systems , , and
. The hyperfine splittings are computed both at leading and at
next-to-leading order in the relativistic expansion. Results are obtained at a
large number of lattice spacings. A number of features emerge, all of which
favor tadpole renormalization using mean links. This includes much better
scaling of the hyperfine splittings in the three quarkonium systems. We also
find that relativistic corrections to the spin splittings are smaller with
mean-link tadpoles, particularly for the and systems. We
also see signs of a breakdown in the NRQCD expansion when the bare quark mass
falls below about one in lattice units (with the bare quark masses turning out
to be much larger with mean-link tadpoles).Comment: LATTICE(heavyqk) 3 pages, 2 figure
Highly Improved Naive and Staggered Fermions
We present a new action for highly improved staggered fermions. We show that
perturbative calculations for the new action are well-behaved where those of
the conventional staggered action are badly behaved. We discuss the effects of
the new terms in controlling flavor mixing, and discuss the design of operators
for the action.Comment: Contribution to Lattice2001(improvement); 3 page
Second Order Perturbation Theory for Improved Gluon and Staggered Quark Actions
We present the results of our perturbative calculations of the static quark
potential, small Wilson loops, the static quark self energy, and the mean link
in Landau gauge. These calculations are done for the one loop Symanzik improved
gluon action, and the improved staggered quark action.Comment: 3 pages, LaTeX, Lattice2001(improvement
The Anchorage, Alaska Municipal Pretrial Diversion Program: An Initial Assessment
Pretrial diversion programs have the potential to prevent future criminal behavior through intervention and community based services. This may be particularly true for specific populations of offenders such as those with mental illness, substance abuse disorder, and those with co-occuring disorders. Pretrial diversion programs take low-level offenders out of the jail population, both reducing system overpopulation and costs of incarceration. The programs also provide speedy case processing for minor crimes resulting in savings to the court system and personnel. Pretrial diversion can help an offender avoid a criminal conviction and potentially avoid future criminal violations. Results indicate that most Anchorage pretrial defendants comply with and complete the pretrial conditions in a very short time period, an additional savings in case processing time. This research details the initial assessment of the Anchorage Municipal Prosecutor Pretrial Diversion program. This assessment examines system savings in time and money, as well as policy implications for the justice system that may assist other jurisdictions as they consider implementing a pretrial diversion program
The Anchorage, Alaska Municipal Pretrial Diversion Program: Initial Outcome Assessment
This report provides an initial outcome assessment of the Anchorage Municipal Pretrial Diversion Program, a voluntary program aimed at diverting first-time offenders in certain criminal and traffic cases from traditional case processing, with successful complion of the terms of the program resulting in dismissal of charges. Pretrial diversion agreements under AMC 08.05.060 typically require the defendant to pay a fine or do community work service, usually within a month. The initial assessment examines offender completion under the program, adherence to conditions of probation, and time and cost savings for the Anchorage Municipal Prosecutor's Office.Office of the Anchorage Municipal Prosecutor, Municipality of Anchorage, AKAcknowledgments /
Section I: Executive Summary /
Counts and Charges of Defendants Offered Pretrial Diversion /
Demographic Variations Among Defendants Offered Pretrial Diversion /
Conditions of Pretrial Diversion /
Length of Time for Pretrial Diversion Processes /
Number of Court Hearings and Estimated Time Spent /
Section II: Introduction /
Section III: Literature Review /
Descriptions of Pretrial Diversion /
Pretrial Diversion in the United States /
Description of Pretrial Diversion in Anchorage /
Section IV: Methods /
Data Collection /
Section VI: Findings /
Counts and Charges of Defendants Offered Pretrial Diversion /
Demographic Variations Among Defendants Offered Pretrial Diversion /
Conditions of Pretrial Diversion /
Length of Time for Pretrial Diversion Processes /
Number of Court Hearings and Estimated Time Spent /
Section VII: Conclusion /
References /
Appendix: Anchorage Municipal Pretrial Diversion Data Collection For
Improvement, dynamical fermions, and heavy quark screening in QCD_3
First results from simulations of improved actions for both gauge fields and
staggered fermion fields in three dimensional QCD are presented. This work
provides insight into some issues of relevance to lattice theories in four
dimensions. In particular, the renormalization of the bare lattice coupling is
dramatically reduced when the tree-level improved action is used. Naik
improvement of the staggered fermion action produces little reduction in
scaling violations of the rho meson mass. String breaking in the heavy quark
potential in the unquenched theory is also clearly resolved, using Wilson loops
to bound the ground state energy.Comment: LATTICE98(improvement), 3 pages, 3 figures (psfig format
The Quenched Continuum Limit
We show that all current formalisms for quarks in lattice QCD are consistent
in the quenched continuum limit, as they should be. We improve on previous
extrapolations to this limit, and the understanding of lattice systematic
errors there, by using a constrained fit including both leading and sub-leading
dependence on a.Comment: Poster presented at Lattice2004(spectrum), Fermilab, June 21-26, 200
Meson Decay Constants from the Valence Approximation to Lattice QCD
We evaluate , , , and , extrapolated to physical quark mass, zero
lattice spacing and infinite volume, for lattice QCD with Wilson quarks in the
valence (quenched) approximation. The predicted ratios differ from experiment
by amounts ranging from 12\% to 17\% equivalent to between 0.9 and 2.8 times
the corresponding statistical uncertainties.Comment: uufiles encoded copy of 40 page Latex article, including 14 figures
in Postscript. The long version of hep-lat/9302012, IBM/HET 93-
Irreducible Multiplets of Three-Quark Operators on the Lattice: Controlling Mixing under Renormalization
High luminosity accelerators have greatly increased the interest in
semi-exclusive and exclusive reactions involving nucleons. The relevant
theoretical information is contained in the nucleon wavefunction and can be
parametrized by moments of the nucleon distribution amplitudes, which in turn
are linked to matrix elements of three-quark operators. These can be calculated
from first principles in lattice QCD. However, on the lattice the problems of
operator mixing under renormalization are rather involved. In a systematic
approach we investigate this issue in depth. Using the spinorial symmetry group
of the hypercubic lattice we derive irreducibly transforming three-quark
operators, which allow us to control the mixing pattern.Comment: 13 page
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