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Anastassios Vladikas

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arXiv2023

Nonperturbative running of the tensor operator for $N_\rm{f}=3$ QCD from the chirally rotated Schrödinger Functional

We study the Renormalisation Group (RG) running of the non-singlet tensor operator, for $N_\mathrm{\scriptstyle f}=3$ QCD with Wilson fermions in a mixed action setup, with standard Schrödinger Functional (SF) boundary conditions for sea quarks and chirally rotated Schrödinger Functional ($χ$SF) boundary conditions for valence quarks. Based on a recursive finite-size scaling technique we compute non-perturbatively the tensor step-scaling function for an energy range between a hadronic scale and an electroweak scale, above which perturbation theory may be safely applied. Our result is expressed as the RG-running factor $T^{\mathrm{RGI}}/[ T(μ_{\mathrm{had}})]_{\scriptstyle \rm R}$, where the numerator is the scale independent (Renormalisation Group Invariant - RGI) tensor operator and the denominator is its renormalised counterpart at a hadronic scale $μ_{\mathrm{had}} = 233(8)$~MeV in a given scheme. We determine the step-scaling function in four distinct renormalisation schemes. We also compute the renormalisation parameters of these schemes at $μ_{\mathrm{had}}$ which, combined with the RG-running factor, gives the scheme-independent quantity $Z^{\mathrm{RGI}}_{\mathrm T}(g_0^2)$ in four schemes and for a range of bare gauge couplings in which large volume hadronic matrix element simulations are performed by the CLS consortium in $N_\mathrm{\scriptstyle f}=2+1$ QCD. All four results are compatible and also agree with a recent determination based on a unitary setup for Wilson quarks with Schrödinger Functional boundary conditions~arXiv:2309.04314 . This provides a strong universality test.

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arXiv2023

Ratio of flavour non-singlet and singlet scalar density renormalisation parameters in $N_\mathrm{f}=3$ QCD with Wilson quarks

We determine non-perturbatively the normalisation factor $r_\mathrm{m}\equiv Z_{\rm S}/Z_{\rm S}^{0}$, where $Z_{\rm S}$ and $Z_{\rm S}^{0}$ are the renormalisation parameters of the flavour non-singlet and singlet scalar densities, respectively. This quantity is required in the computation of quark masses with Wilson fermions and for instance the renormalisation of nucleon matrix elements of scalar densities. Our calculation involves simulations of finite-volume lattice QCD with the tree-level Symanzik-improved gauge action, $N_\mathrm{f} = 3$ mass-degenerate $\mathrm{O}(a)$ improved Wilson fermions and Schrödinger functional boundary conditions. The slope of the current quark mass, as a function of the subtracted Wilson quark mass is extracted both in a unitary setup (where nearly chiral valence and sea quark masses are degenerate) and in a non-unitary setup (where all valence flavours are chiral and the sea quark masses are small). These slopes are then combined with $Z \equiv Z_{\rm P}/(Z_{\rm S}Z_{\rm A})$ in order to obtain $r_\mathrm{m}$. A novel chiral Ward identity is employed for the calculation of the normalisation factor $Z$. Our results cover the range of gauge couplings corresponding to lattice spacings below $0.1\,$fm, for which $N_\mathrm{f} = 2+1$ QCD simulations in large volumes with the same lattice action are typically performed.

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arXiv2022

RG-running of the tensor currents for $N_f$ =3 QCD in a $χSF$ setup

We present the preliminary results of the non-perturbative running of the flavour non-singlet tensor operator in the high-energy range $2~\rm{GeV}\lesssim μ\lesssim 128~\rm{GeV}$ in $N_f=3$ massless QCD, comparing four different definitions of the renormalisation constant. We use the configuration ensembles of arXiv:1802.05243 and arXiv:1607.06423, subject to Schrödinger functional (SF) boundary conditions, and valence quarks with chirally rotated Schrödinger functional ($χ$SF) boundary conditions. Provided that boundary counterterms have been appropriately tuned, this results in O($a$) improvement of the tensor operator, without the need of a dimension-4 Symanzik counterterm (proportional to $c_T$).

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arXiv2021

Nonperturbative running of the quark mass for $N_f=3$ QCD from the chirally rotated Schrödinger Functional

We study the Renormalisation Group (RG) running of the quark mass, for $N_f=3$ QCD with Wilson fermions in a mixed action setup, with standard Schrödinger Functional (SF) boundary conditions for sea quarks and chirally rotated Schrödinger Functional ($χ$SF) boundary conditions for valence quarks. This necessitates the tuning of the boundary factor $z_f(g_0^2)$ of the $χ$SF valence action, in order to ensure that QCD symmetries are fully recovered in the continuum. The properties of this novel setup are monitored through the ratios $Z_S/Z_P$ and $Σ_S/Σ_P$ of the renormalisation parameters and step scaling functions of the scalar and pseudoscalar densities. Where comparison is possible, our $Z_S/Z_P$ results are found to agree with previous determinations, based on a mass ratio method arXiv:1906.03445 and Ward identities arXiv:2005.01352, arXiv:2101.10969, with Schrödinger Functional boundary conditions. The behaviour of $Σ_S/Σ_P$ confirms the theoretical expectations of $χ$SF QCD, related to the restoration of the theory's symmetries in the continuum limit. From the step scaling function of the pseudoscalar density we obtain the quark mass RG-running function from hadronic to perturbative energy scales. This is fully compatible with the earlier result obtained in a similar setup for Wilson quarks with Schrödinger Functional boundary conditions arXiv:1802.05243 and provides a strong universality test for the two lattice setups.

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arXiv2021

Quark mass RG-running for $N_f$ =3 QCD in a $χSF$ setup

We compute the nonperturbative quark mass RG-running in the range $Λ_{QCD}\lessapproxμ\lessapprox M_W$ for $N_f=3$ massless QCD with a mixed action approach: sea quarks are regularised using nonperturbatively $O(a)$-improved Wilson fermions with Schrödinger functional (SF) boundary conditions, employing the configurations of 1802.05243, while valence quarks are regularised using nonperturbatively $O(a)$-improved Wilson fermions with chirally rotated Schrödinger functional boundary conditions ($χ$SF). Our result is compatible with its SF counterpart of ref.1802.05243, confirming the universality of $χ$SF and SF in the continuum limit. We also establish the optimal tuning strategy for the critical hopping parameter $κ_c$ and the $χ$SF boundary counterterm coefficient $z_{\rm f}$. We work in two energy regimes with two different definitions of the coupling: SF-coupling for 2 GeV $\lessapproxμ\lessapprox M_W$ and GF-coupling for $Λ_{QCD} \lessapproxμ\lessapprox 2 GeV$.

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arXiv2021

Renormalization $\&$ improvement of the tensor operator for $N_f=3$ QCD in a $χ$SF setup

We present preliminary results of the non-perturbative renormalization group (RG) running of the flavor non-singlet tensor operator. We employ the $χ$SF scheme for $N_f=3$ QCD using ensembles generated by the ALPHA collaboration for the computation of the quark mass running. The $χ$SF property of automatic $O(a)$ improvement prevents the $O(a)$ mixing of the correlation functions.

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arXiv2021

Ward identity determination of $Z_\mathrm{S}/Z_\mathrm{P}$ for $N_\mathrm{f}=3$ lattice QCD in a Schrödinger functional setup

We derive chiral Ward identities for lattice QCD with Wilson quarks and $N_\mathrm{f} \geq 3$ flavours, on small lattices with Schrödinger functional boundary conditions and vanishingly small quark masses. These identities relate the axial variation of the non-singlet pseudoscalar density to the scalar one, thus enabling the non-perturbative determination of the scale-independent ratio $Z_\mathrm{S}/Z_\mathrm{P}$ of the renormalisation parameters of these operators. We obtain results for $N_\mathrm{f}=3$ QCD with tree-level Symanzik-improved gluons and Wilson-Clover quarks, for bare gauge couplings which cover the typical range of large-volume $N_\mathrm{f} = 2+1$ simulations with Wilson fermions at lattice spacings below $0.1\,$fm. The precision of our results varies from 0.3\% to 1\%, except for the coarsest lattice, where it is 2\%. We discuss how the $Z_\mathrm{S}/Z_\mathrm{P}$ ratio can be used in the non-perturbative calculations of $\mathrm{O}(a)$ improved renormalised quark masses.

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arXiv2020

Light quark masses in N_f = 2+1 lattice QCD with Wilson fermions

We present a lattice QCD determination of light quark masses with three sea-quark flavours ($N_f = 2+1$). Bare quark masses are known from PCAC relations in the framework of CLS lattice computations with a non-perturbatively improved Wilson-Clover action and a tree-level Symanzik improved gauge action. They are fully non-perturbatively improved, including the recently computed Symanzik counter-term $b_{\rm A} - b_{\rm P}$. The mass renormalisation at hadronic scales and the renormalisation group running over a wide range of scales are known non-perturbatively in the Schrödinger functional scheme. In the present paper we perform detailed extrapolations to the physical point, obtaining (for the four-flavour theory) $m_{u/d}(2{\rm GeV}) = 3.54(12)(9)$ MeV and $m_s(2{\rm GeV}) = 95.7(2.5)(2.4)$ MeV in the $\bar{MS}$ scheme. For the mass ratio we have $m_s/m_{u/d} = 27.0(1.0)(0.4)$. The RGI values in the three-flavour theory are $M_{u/d} = 4.70(15)(12)$ MeV and $M_s = 127.0(3.1)(3.2)$ MeV.

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arXiv2019

Non-perturbative determination of improvement coefficients b_m and b_A-b_P and normalisation factor Z_m*Z_P/Z_A with N_f=3 Wilson fermions

We determine non-perturbatively the normalisation constant Z_m*Z_P/Z_A as well as the Symanzik coefficients b_m and b_A-b_P, required in O(a) improved quark mass renormalisation with Wilson fermions. The strategy underlying their computation involves simulations in N_f=3 QCD with O(a) improved massless sea and non-degenerate valence quarks in the finite-volume Schroedinger functional scheme. Our results, which cover the typical gauge coupling range of large-volume N_f=2+1 QCD simulations with Wilson fermions at lattice spacings below 0.1 fm, are of particular use for the non-perturbative calculation of O(a) improved renormalised quark masses.

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arXiv2019

$χ$SF near the electroweak scale

We employ the chirally rotated Schrödinger functional ($χ$SF) to study two-point fermion bilinear correlation functions used in the determination of $Z_{A,V,S,P,T}$ on a series of well-tuned ensembles. The gauge configurations, which span renormalisation scales from 4 to 70~GeV, are generated with $N_{\rm f}=3$ massless flavors and Schrödinger Functional (SF) boundary conditions. Valence quarks are computed with $χ$SF boundary conditions. We show preliminary results on the tuning of the $χ$SF Symanzik coefficient $z_f$ and the scaling of the axial current normalization $Z_{\rm A}$. Moreover we carry out a detailed comparison with the expectations from one-loop perturbation theory. Finally we outline how automatically $\mathrm{O}(a)$-improved $B_{\rm K}$ matrix elements, including BSM contributions, can be computed in a $χ$SF renormalization scheme.

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arXiv2018

$Z_S/Z_P$ from three-flavour lattice QCD

We report on advances in the non-perturbative determination of the ratio $Z_S/Z_P$ of the pseudoscalar to the scalar renormalization constants in three-flavour lattice QCD with Wilson-clover quarks and tree-level Symanzik improved gluons. The computations are based on the Ward identity approach, using Schrödinger functional boundary conditions. Our results for $Z_S/Z_P$ cover a range of couplings along a line of constant physics with lattice spacings of about 0.09 fm and below, relevant for phenomenological applications such as the calculation of renormalized quark masses.

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arXiv2018

Controlling quark mass determinations non-perturbatively in three-flavour QCD

The determination of quark masses from lattice QCD simulations requires a non-perturbative renormalization procedure and subsequent scale evolution to high energies, where a conversion to the commonly used MS-bar scheme can be safely established. We present our results for the non-perturbative running of renormalized quark masses in Nf=3 QCD between the electroweak and a hadronic energy scale, where lattice simulations are at our disposal. Recent theoretical advances in combination with well-established techniques allows to follow the scale evolution to very high statistical accuracy, and full control of systematic effects.

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arXiv2018

Non-perturbative quark mass renormalisation and running in $N_f=3$ QCD

We determine from first principles the quark mass anomalous dimension in Nf=3 QCD between the electroweak and hadronic scales. This allows for a fully non-perturbative connection of the perturbative and non-perturbative regimes of the Standard Model in the hadronic sector. The computation is carried out to high accuracy, employing massless O(a)-improved Wilson quarks and finite-size scaling techniques. We also provide the matching factors required in the renormalisation of light quark masses from lattice computations with O(a)-improved Wilson fermions and a tree-level Symanzik improved gauge action. The total uncertainty due to renormalisation and running in the determination of light quark masses in the SM is thus reduced to about 1%.

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arXiv2018

Non-Perturbative Renormalisation and Running of BSM Four-Quark Operators in $N_f = 2$ QCD

We perform a non-perturbative study of the scale-dependent renormalisation factors of a complete set of dimension-six four-fermion operators. The renormalisation-group (RG) running is determined in the continuum limit for a specific Schrdinger Functional (SF) renormalisation scheme in the framework of lattice QCD with two dynamical flavours ( $N_f = 2$ ). The theory is regularised on a lattice with a plaquette Wilson action and $\mathcal{O}(a)$-improved Wilson fermions. For one of these operators, the computation had been performed in ref. [1]; the present work completes the study for the rest of the operator basis, on the same simulations (configuration ensembles). The related weak matrix elements arise in several operator product expansions; in $ΔF = 2$ transitions they contain the QCD long-distance effects, including contributions from beyond-Standard Model (BSM) processes. Some of these operators mix under renormalisation and their RG-running is governed by anomalous dimension matrices. In ref. [2] the RG formalism for the operator basis has been worked out in full generality and the anomalous dimension matrix has been calculated in NLO perturbation theory. Here the discussion is extended to the matrix step-scaling functions (matrix-SSFs), which are used in finite-size recursive techniques. We rely on these matrix-SSFs to obtain non-perturbative estimates of the operator anomalous dimensions for scales ranging from $\mathcal{O}(Λ_{\rm QCD})$ to $\mathcal{O}(M_W)$.

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arXiv2017

Non-perturbative determination of c_V, Z_V and Z_S/Z_P in N_f=3 lattice QCD

We report on non-perturbative computations of the improvement coefficient c_V and the renormalization factor Z_V of the vector current in three-flavour O(a) improved lattice QCD with Wilson quarks and tree-level Symanzik improved gauge action. To reduce finite quark mass effects, our improvement and normalization conditions exploit massive chiral Ward identities formulated in the Schroedinger functional setup, which also allow deriving a new method to extract the ratio Z_S/Z_P of scalar to pseudoscalar renormalization constants. We present preliminary results of a numerical evaluation of Z_V and c_V along a line of constant physics with gauge couplings corresponding to lattice spacings of about 0.09 fm and below, relevant for phenomenological applications.

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arXiv2017

Non-perturbative determination of improvement $b$-coefficients in $N_f=3$

We present our preliminary results of the non-perturbative determination of the valence mass dependent coefficients $b_\mathrm{A}-b_\mathrm{P}$ and $b_\mathrm{m}$ as well as the ratio $Z_\mathrm{P} Z_\mathrm{m}/ Z_\mathrm{A}$ entering the flavour non-singlet PCAC relation in lattice QCD with $N_f=3$ dynamical flavours. We apply the method proposed in the past for quenched approximation and $N_f=2$ cases, employing a set of finite-volume ALPHA configurations with Schrödinger functional boundary conditions, generated with $O(a)$ improved Wilson fermions and the tree-level Symanzik-improved gauge action for a range of couplings relevant for simulations at lattice spacings of about $0.09 \,$fm and below.

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arXiv2016

Non-perturbative running of quark masses in three-flavour QCD

We present our preliminary results for the computation of the non-perturbative running of renormalized quark masses in $N_f = 3$ QCD, between the electroweak and hadronic scales, using standard finite-size scaling techniques. The computation is carried out to very high precision, using massless $\mathcal{O}(a)$-improved Wilson quarks. Following the strategy adopted by the ALPHA Collaboration for the running coupling, different schemes are used above and below a scale $μ_0 \sim m_b$, which differ by using either the Schrödinger Functional or Gradient Flow renormalized coupling. We discuss our results for the running in both regions, and the procedure to match the two schemes.

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arXiv2015

FLAG: Lattice QCD Tests of the Standard Model and Foretaste for Beyond

After a short presentation of the FLAG collaboration, we review lattice results related to pion, $K$-, $D$- and $B$-meson physics with the aim of making them easily accessible to the particle-physics community. Only a selection of FLAG averages or estimates is presented. For light flavours, we present results on the form factor $f_+(0)$, arising in semileptonic $K \rightarrow π$ transition at zero momentum transfer, as well as the decay-constants $f_K,f_π$ and their ratio. The consequences of these results for the CKM matrix elements $|V_{us}|$ and $|V_{ud}|$ are discussed. For heavy flavours we focus on $D$- and $B$-meson decay constants and form factors, as well as the CKM matrix elements $|V_{cs}|$, $|V_{cd}|$ and $|V_{ub}|$. In addition we briefly cover the recent advances stemming from the calculation the $B_K$-parameters and touch upon related current results relevant to the Physics beyond the Standard Model, which will be the subject of the next FLAG edition.

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