Lattice QCD calculation of the $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ meson masses at the physical point using rooted staggered fermions

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Main Authors: Verplanke, Willem E. A., Fodor, Zoltan, Gerardin, Antoine, Guenther, Jana N., Lellouch, Laurent, Szabo, Kalman K., Toth, Balint C., Varnhorst, Lukas
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author Verplanke, Willem E. A.
Fodor, Zoltan
Gerardin, Antoine
Guenther, Jana N.
Lellouch, Laurent
Szabo, Kalman K.
Toth, Balint C.
Varnhorst, Lukas
author_facet Verplanke, Willem E. A.
Fodor, Zoltan
Gerardin, Antoine
Guenther, Jana N.
Lellouch, Laurent
Szabo, Kalman K.
Toth, Balint C.
Varnhorst, Lukas
contents We present a lattice calculation of the $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ meson masses at the physical point and in the continuum limit, based on $N_f = 2+1+1$ flavors of rooted staggered quarks. Our analysis includes gauge ensembles at the physical pion and kaon masses spread over six lattice spacings in the range [0.064-0.1315]~fm. Our main results read $m_η = 543.5(5.6)~$MeV and $m_{η^{\prime}} = 986(38)~$MeV, consistent with the experimental values. This is an important numerical test that supports the validity of the fourth root procedure used in the staggered quark formalism. This calculation was the first step towards extracting the pseudoscalar transition form factors of the $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ mesons that play a crucial role in the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon $g-2$.
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spellingShingle Lattice QCD calculation of the $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ meson masses at the physical point using rooted staggered fermions
Verplanke, Willem E. A.
Fodor, Zoltan
Gerardin, Antoine
Guenther, Jana N.
Lellouch, Laurent
Szabo, Kalman K.
Toth, Balint C.
Varnhorst, Lukas
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We present a lattice calculation of the $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ meson masses at the physical point and in the continuum limit, based on $N_f = 2+1+1$ flavors of rooted staggered quarks. Our analysis includes gauge ensembles at the physical pion and kaon masses spread over six lattice spacings in the range [0.064-0.1315]~fm. Our main results read $m_η = 543.5(5.6)~$MeV and $m_{η^{\prime}} = 986(38)~$MeV, consistent with the experimental values. This is an important numerical test that supports the validity of the fourth root procedure used in the staggered quark formalism. This calculation was the first step towards extracting the pseudoscalar transition form factors of the $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ mesons that play a crucial role in the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon $g-2$.
title Lattice QCD calculation of the $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ meson masses at the physical point using rooted staggered fermions
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.18846