Light Hadron Masses and Decay Constants

Abstract

The extraction of the light hadron spectrum from a first-principle Quantum Chromodynamics approach is a profound application for lattice simulations of Quantum Chromodynamics. This review will cover recent lattice results for the masses and decay constants of the light hadrons. In particular, the applicability of different approaches for the extrapolation towards the physical point will be discussed.Comment: 22 pages, invited review talk given at the "Lattice 2009" conference, Beijing, July 2009, v2: updated references, version published in Po