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Main Authors: Cianci, Cameron, Jin, Luchang, Swaim, Joshua
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15187
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author Cianci, Cameron
Jin, Luchang
Swaim, Joshua
author_facet Cianci, Cameron
Jin, Luchang
Swaim, Joshua
contents We use lattice field theory to study the finite-volume energy spectrum of the $ππ$ system in $SU(2)$ chiral effective field theory (ChEFT) at leading order in the chiral expansion. \hl{This finite-volume spectrum can be directly related to the (infinite-volume) $ππ$ scattering phase shifts by Lüscher's formula.} We compare our results to the finite-volume spectrum obtained from lattice QCD \hl{by the RBC-UKQCD collaboration}. Our calculation and the lattice QCD calculation are both performed with the physical pion mass and the same \sout{physical volume}\hl{lattice volume (as measured in physical units)}. However, we find significant differences between the two calculations in the isospin $I=0$ channel. In particular, there is a nearly stable $σ$ resonance in our lattice ChEFT calculation, which is absent in the lattice QCD calculation. This likely indicates that ChEFT does not converge well with a naive lattice regularization.
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spellingShingle Using lattice chiral effective theory to study pi-pi scattering
Cianci, Cameron
Jin, Luchang
Swaim, Joshua
High Energy Physics - Lattice
We use lattice field theory to study the finite-volume energy spectrum of the $ππ$ system in $SU(2)$ chiral effective field theory (ChEFT) at leading order in the chiral expansion. \hl{This finite-volume spectrum can be directly related to the (infinite-volume) $ππ$ scattering phase shifts by Lüscher's formula.} We compare our results to the finite-volume spectrum obtained from lattice QCD \hl{by the RBC-UKQCD collaboration}. Our calculation and the lattice QCD calculation are both performed with the physical pion mass and the same \sout{physical volume}\hl{lattice volume (as measured in physical units)}. However, we find significant differences between the two calculations in the isospin $I=0$ channel. In particular, there is a nearly stable $σ$ resonance in our lattice ChEFT calculation, which is absent in the lattice QCD calculation. This likely indicates that ChEFT does not converge well with a naive lattice regularization.
title Using lattice chiral effective theory to study pi-pi scattering
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15187