Strangeness of nucleons from $N_f=2+1+1$ lattice QCD

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Main Authors: Alexandrou, Constantia, Bacchio, Simone, Bode, Mathis, Finkenrath, Jacob, Herten, Andreas, Iona, Christos, Koutsou, Giannis, Pittler, Ferenc, Prasad, Bhavna, Spanoudes, Gregoris
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author Alexandrou, Constantia
Bacchio, Simone
Bode, Mathis
Finkenrath, Jacob
Herten, Andreas
Iona, Christos
Koutsou, Giannis
Pittler, Ferenc
Prasad, Bhavna
Spanoudes, Gregoris
author_facet Alexandrou, Constantia
Bacchio, Simone
Bode, Mathis
Finkenrath, Jacob
Herten, Andreas
Iona, Christos
Koutsou, Giannis
Pittler, Ferenc
Prasad, Bhavna
Spanoudes, Gregoris
contents We present the strange electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon using lattice QCD simulations with degenerate light, a strange, and a charm quark in the sea with masses tuned to their physical values. For the first time, the strange electromagnetic form factors are computed at the continuum limit using only ensembles simulated with physical quark masses, eliminating the need for chiral extrapolations and their associated systematic uncertainty. We obtain the momentum transfer dependence of the form factors using the $z$-expansion and provide the strange electric and magnetic radii, as well as the strange magnetic moment. When combining our statistical errors and systematic uncertainties stemming from the momentum transfer dependence fit, our errors are an order of magnitude smaller than those associated with experimental determinations of the strange electromagnetic form factor.
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spellingShingle Strangeness of nucleons from $N_f=2+1+1$ lattice QCD
Alexandrou, Constantia
Bacchio, Simone
Bode, Mathis
Finkenrath, Jacob
Herten, Andreas
Iona, Christos
Koutsou, Giannis
Pittler, Ferenc
Prasad, Bhavna
Spanoudes, Gregoris
High Energy Physics - Lattice
We present the strange electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon using lattice QCD simulations with degenerate light, a strange, and a charm quark in the sea with masses tuned to their physical values. For the first time, the strange electromagnetic form factors are computed at the continuum limit using only ensembles simulated with physical quark masses, eliminating the need for chiral extrapolations and their associated systematic uncertainty. We obtain the momentum transfer dependence of the form factors using the $z$-expansion and provide the strange electric and magnetic radii, as well as the strange magnetic moment. When combining our statistical errors and systematic uncertainties stemming from the momentum transfer dependence fit, our errors are an order of magnitude smaller than those associated with experimental determinations of the strange electromagnetic form factor.
title Strangeness of nucleons from $N_f=2+1+1$ lattice QCD
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26600