55 research outputs found
Hadron-Hadron Interactions from Lattice QCD: isospin-1 scattering length
We present results for the interaction of two kaons at maximal isospin. The
calculation is based on flavour gauge configurations generated by
the European Twisted Mass Collaboration with pion masses ranging from about
to at three values of the lattice spacing. The
elastic scattering length is calculated at several values of the
bare strange and light quark masses. We find as
the result of a combined extrapolation to the continuum and to the physical
point, where the first error is statistical, and the three following are
systematical. This translates to .Comment: 28 pages, 18 tables, 14 figure
Recent developments in the tmLQCD software suite
We present an overview of recent developments in the tmLQCD software suite.
We summarise the features of the code, including actions and operators
implemented. In particular, we discuss the optimisation efforts for modern
architectures using the Blue Gene/Q system as an example.Comment: presented at the 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory
(Lattice 2013), 29 July - 3 August 2013, Mainz, German
Meson-meson scattering lengths at maximum isospin from lattice QCD
We summarize our lattice QCD determinations of the pion-pion, pion-kaon and
kaon-kaon s-wave scattering lengths at maximal isospin with a particular focus
on the extrapolation to the physical point and the usage of next-to-leading
order chiral perturbation theory to do so. We employ data at three values of
the lattice spacing and pion masses ranging from around 230 MeV to around 450
MeV, applying Luescher's finite volume method to compute the scattering
lengths. We find that leading order chiral perturbation theory is surprisingly
close to our data even in the kaon-kaon case for our entire range of pion
masses.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, Presented at the 9th International Workshop on
Chiral Dynamics, Sept. 17-21, 2018, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ,
submitted to PoS, (C18-09-17.6). Funding acknowledgements added in v2
replacement, comma added in abstract. In v3 replacement, corrected typo in
equation 6.2 which was referring to the pion-kaon reduced mass instead of the
pion mas
Hadron-Hadron Interactions from Lattice QCD: Scattering Length
In this paper we report on results for the s-wave scattering length of the
- system in the channel from Lattice QCD. The
calculation is based on gauge configurations generated by the European Twisted
Mass Collaboration with pion masses ranging from about to
at three values of the lattice spacing. Our main result reads
. Using chiral perturbation theory
we are also able to estimate . The
error includes statistical and systematic uncertainties, and for the latter in
particular errors from the chiral and continuum extrapolations.Comment: 30 pages, 6 figures, 15 table
The meson at the physical point with Wilson twisted mass fermions
We present results for the eta prime meson and the topological susceptibility
in two flavour lattice QCD. The results are obtained using Wilson twisted mass
fermions at maximal twist with pion masses ranging from 340 MeV down to the
physical point. A comparison to literature values is performed giving a handle
on discretisation effects.Comment: Lattice 2017 proceeding contributio
Scattering of two and three physical pions at maximal isospin from lattice QCD
We present the first direct lattice QCD computation of two- and
three- scattering quantities that includes an ensemble at the physical
point. We study the quark mass dependence of the two-pion phase shift, and the
three-particle interaction parameters. We also compare to phenomenology and
chiral perturbation theory (ChPT). In the two-particle sector, we observe good
agreement to the phenomenological fits in - and -wave, and obtain at the physical point from a direct computation. In the
three-particle sector, we observe reasonable agreement at threshold to the
leading order chiral expansion, i.e.\@ a mildly attractive three-particle
contact term. In contrast, we observe that the energy-dependent part of the
three-particle quasilocal scattering quantity is not well described by leading
order ChPT.Comment: Major reformatting. Increased number of configurations in one
ensembl
Role of gadolinium-based contrast agents in neurological disorders
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are widely used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help with the diagnostic and monitoring processes of many diseases, including neurological disorders. Initially, it was assumed that GBCAs carry minimal risk, are safe and well tolerated. But recent reports of GBCA-associated deposition in many body tissues have raised concerns about the broader health impacts of gadolinium exposure. The aim of this review was to summarise knowledge regarding gadolinium deposition, primarily in the brain structures, and of potential GBCA-associated toxicity. Moreover, we discuss the current recommendations on the use of GBCAs, as well as alternative contrast agents and imaging techniques
Dynamical Generation of Elementary Fermion Mass: First Lattice Evidence
Using lattice simulations we demonstrate from first principles the existence
of a non-perturbative mechanism for elementary particle mass generation in
models with gauge fields, fermions and scalars, if an exact invariance forbids
power divergent fermion masses and fermionic chiral symmetries broken at UV
scale are maximally restored. We show that in the Nambu-Goldstone phase a
fermion mass term, unrelated to the Yukawa operator, is dynamically generated.
In models with electro-weak interactions weak boson masses are also generated
opening new scenarios for beyond the Standard Model physics.Comment: 24 pages, 17 figure
On the generalised eigenvalue method and its relation to Prony and generalised pencil of function methods
We discuss the relation of three methods to determine energy levels in
lattice QCD simulations: the generalised eigenvalue, the Prony and the
generalised pencil of function methods. All three can be understood as special
cases of a generalised eigenvalue problem. We show analytically that the
leading corrections to an energy in all three methods due to unresolved
states decay asymptotically exponentially like . Using
synthetic data we show that these corrections behave as expected also in
practice. We propose a novel combination of the generalised eigenvalue and the
Prony method, denoted as GEVM/PGEVM, which helps to increase the energy gap
. We illustrate its usage and performance using lattice QCD
examples
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