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Kotaro Murakami

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Hadron spectra of finite-density QC$_2$D

We investigate the chemical-potential dependence of hadron spectra in two-color QCD using first-principles lattice simulations. We compute two-point correlation functions for all allowed hadronic operators by newly including the contributions from disconnected diagrams, and extract the corresponding effective masses. In the meson sector, the mass hierarchy in the hadronic phase (normal vacuum) is found to be $m_π\lesssim m_η < m_σ\mathrm{(noisy)} < m_ρ\sim m_ω\ll m_{a_1}$, which is similar to that in three-color QCD. In the superfluid phase, this hierarchy is modified, and with increasing density it changes to $m_σ\mathrm{(noisy)} < m_{a_1} < m_ρ< m_π\sim m_η \mathrm{(noisy)} \ll m_ω \mathrm{(noisy)}$. In the diquark sector, the ordering remains as $m_{NG} \lesssim m_{I=0, S} < m_{I=1, AV} < m_{I=0, PS} \lesssim m_{I=0, V}$ in both phases, and the Nambu--Goldstone mode associated with spontaneous breaking of $U(1)_B$ is confirmed to be nearly massless. Furthermore, by comparing correlators for chiral partners, we find indications of chiral symmetry restoration at high density.

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Decoding Two-Particle States in QCD with Spatial Wavefunctions

A systematic framework for constructing optimized interpolating operators strongly coupled to QCD two-particle states is developed, which is achieved by incorporating inter-hadron spatial wavefunctions. To efficiently implement these operators in lattice QCD, a novel quark smearing technique utilizing noise vectors is proposed. Applied to the $Ω_{ccc}Ω_{ccc}$ system, these optimized operators prove superior to combinations of limited plane-wave operators, enabling the resolution of distinct eigenstates separated by only $\sim 5$ MeV near the threshold $2m_{Ω_{ccc}} \simeq 9700$ MeV. This exceptional resolving power opens new possibilities for studies of a wide range of hadronic systems in QCD.

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Wavefunction-based operator optimization for two-hadron systems in lattice QCD

A systematic way to constructing optimized interpolating operators for two-hadron systems is developed by incorporating inter-hadron spatial wavefunctions. The wavefunctions can be obtained from an iterative process with an appropriate initial guess. To implement these operators, a novel quark smearing technique utilizing $Z_3$ noise vectors is proposed, which allows for effectively incorporating inter-hadron spatial wavefunctions at the source without using all-to-all quark propagators. Proof-of-principle application to the $Ω_{ccc}Ω_{ccc}$ system using physical-point lattice configurations with a large size $La\simeq8.1$~fm demonstrates that optimized operators outperform combinations of limited plane-wave operators in the variational analysis, enabling clear identification of states around $2m_{Ω_{ccc}}\simeq 9700$ MeV with the energy gap as narrow as $\sim 5$ MeV. A comparison on correlation functions, effective energies, and HAL QCD potentials between unoptimized operators and optimized operators is given, with a special emphasis on the effects from nearby elastic scattering states. Potential applicability of the optimized operator to various two-hadron systems and its relation to the variational method are also discussed.

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$S$-wave kaon-nucleon interactions from lattice QCD at the physical point

We investigate S-wave kaon-nucleon ($KN$) interactions with strangeness $S=+1$ in lattice QCD using the time-dependent HAL QCD method. Employing the $(2+1)$-flavor gauge configuration with $m_π\approx 137~\textrm{MeV}$ and $m_{K}\approx 502~\textrm{MeV}$, we calculate the $KN$ potentials at the leading order in the derivative expansion. The potentials in both isospin channels ($I=1$ and $I=0$) exhibit repulsion at short distances, while only the $I=0$ potential has a small attractive pocket at intermediate distances. From these potentials, we compute the phase shifts as well as the low-energy scattering parameters. The obtained phase shifts show no signals corresponding to resonances or bound states in both isospin channels, suggesting the absence of the $Θ^{+}(1540)$ pentaquark in the S-wave $KN$ systems. The results for $I=0$ suggest that the scattering amplitudes in this channel are dominated by P-wave components rather than S-wave.

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Estimation of potential radius based on momentum distribution of a constituent particle

We propose using the potential radius as a probe of the structure of hadrons, particularly to classify exotic hadrons as hadronic or quark composite states.In this study, we focus on the radius of the effective potential felt by each constituent particle. Using a simple model with a square-well potential, we demonstrate that the potential radius can be estimated from the momentum distribution of a constituent particle not only for deeply bound states but also for shallowly bound states.We find that the momentum-based quantity provides a more robust estimate of the potential radius in the shallow-binding regime.This is because the momentum-based length scale decreases to zero as the potential radius vanishes, whereas the RMS radius approaches a finite value set by the binding energy.As a result, the momentum distribution avoids the finite-intercept problem that can make the inverse estimate of the potential radius ill-defined.With future experimental data on the momentum distribution of the constituent nucleon in $\overline{K}NNN$ production at J-PARC, the potential radius may be determined within the present framework.

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$\bar{D}$-meson Nucleon Scattering from Lattice QCD at the Physical Point

We report the first lattice QCD study of the $s$-wave scattering of the $\bar{D}$-meson and the nucleon at the physical point, utilizing (2+1)-flavor configurations generated by the HAL QCD collaboration with a pion mass of $m_π\simeq 137$ MeV and a lattice spacing of $a\simeq0.084$ fm. By applying the HAL QCD method to the four-point correlation function of the $\bar{D}N$ system, we obtain a leading-order potential of the derivative expansion of the interaction kernel, which is then used to extract the $s$-wave phase shifts of low-energy $\bar{D}N$ scattering. Both the isospin $I=0$ and $I=1$ channels have a short-range repulsive core and a shallow attractive pocket in the intermediate to long-range region, though the $I=0$ channel is more attractive than the $I=1$ channel. We also observe that the $\bar{D}N$ potential exhibits more attraction than the $KN$ potential, which is its analog in the strange sector. In terms of the $s$-wave phase shifts, the $I=0$ channel shows a weak attractive behavior in the low-energy region with a positive scattering length of $0.246 \pm 0.105 (_{-0.051}^{+0.084})$ fm, whereas the $I=1$ channel shows repulsion with a negative scattering length of $-0.086 \pm 0.050 (_{-0.001}^{+0.037})$ fm. No bound states are found in both isospin channels, indicating the absence of a pentaquark state in the $s$-wave $\bar{D}N$ system.

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Speed of sound exceeding the conformal bound in dense QCD-like theories

We investigated the phase structure and the equation of state (EoS) for dense two-color QCD at low temperatures using the lattice Monte Carlo simulations. A rich phase structure below the pseudo-critical temperature $T_c$ as a function of quark chemical potential has been revealed. In a high-density regime, we can see a superfluid phase, where the diquark condensate takes a non-zero expectation value. We have newly found that the speed of sound exceeds the conformal bound, which is the value of the relativistic free theory. This talk is based on Refs.~\cite{Iida:2022hyy, Iida:2024irv, Itou:2025vcy}.

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Grassmann tensor renormalization group for the massive Schwinger model with a $θ$ term using staggered fermions

We use the Grassmann tensor renormalization group method to investigate the $N_f=2$ Schwinger model with the staggered fermions in the presence of a $2π$ periodic $θ$ term in a broad range of mass. The method allows us to deal with the massive staggered fermions straightforwardly and to study the $θ$ dependence of the free energy and topological charge in the thermodynamic limit. Our calculation provides consistent results with not only the analytical solution in the large mass limit but also the previous Monte Carlo studies in the small mass regime. Our numerical results also suggest that the $N_f=2$ Schwinger model on a lattice has a different phase structure, than the model in the continuum limit.

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$Λ$(1405) in the flavor SU(3) limit using a separable potential in the HAL QCD method

Using the HAL QCD method, we investigate S-wave meson-baryon interactions in singlet and two octet channels in the flavor SU(3) limit, where the chiral unitary model predicts that a combination of bound-state poles in these channels corresponds to $Λ(1405)$. To avoid the singular behavior of the leading-order potentials of these channels in the derivative expansion, we instead employ a separable potential in the time-dependent HAL QCD method. To calculate all-to-all propagators in the three-point correlation functions including $Λ$-baryon source operators with zero momentum, we employ the conventional stochastic estimation combined with the covariant approximation averaging. Separable potentials both in the singlet and octet channels show attraction without singular behavior. Our results of the corresponding phase shifts indicate that the attractive interaction in the singlet channel is stronger than that in the octet. Binding energies are consistent with the estimates from the two-point correlation function within one (two) sigma for the singlet (octet) channel, and this ordering of binding energies is consistent with the mass hierarchy suggested by the chiral unitary model.

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Grassmann Tensor Renormalization Group for two-flavor massive Schwinger model with a theta term

We investigate the $N_f=2$ Schwinger model with the massive staggered fermions in the presence of a $2π$ periodic $θ$ term, using the Grassmann tensor renormalization group. Thanks to the Grassmann tensor network formulation, there is no difficulty in dealing with the massive staggered fermions. We study the $θ$ dependence of the free energy in the thermodynamic limit. Our calculation provides consistent results with the analytical solution in the large mass limit. The results also suggest that the $N_f=2$ Schwinger model on a lattice has a different phase structure from that described by the continuum theory.

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Phase and equation of state of finite density QC$_2$D at lower temperature

We investigate the phase structure and the equation of state (EoS) for dense two-color QCD at low temperatures, $T = 40$ MeV ($32^4$ lattice) and $T = 80$ MeV ($16^4$ lattice). A rich phase structure below the pseudo-critical temperature $T_c$ as a function of quark chemical potential $μ$ has been revealed. By performing $T = 40$ MeV simulations, essentially similar results to the previous ones at $T = 80$ MeV are obtained, but several finer understandings are achieved. Breaking of the conformal bound is also confirmed thanks to smaller statistical errors. This talk is mainly based on Refs.~\cite{Iida:2022hyy, Iida:2024irv}. It also includes related studies and subsequent developments that were not mentioned in the original papers.

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Scale setting and hadronic properties in light quark sector with $(2+1)$-flavor Wilson fermions at the physical point

We report scale setting and hadronic properties for our new lattice QCD gauge configuration set (HAL-conf-2023). We employ $(2+1)$-flavor nonperturbatively improved Wilson fermions with stout smearing and the Iwasaki gauge action on a $96^4$ lattice, and generate configurations of 8,000 trajectories at the physical point. We show the basic properties of the configurations such as the plaquette value, topological charge distribution and their auto-correlation times. The scale setting is performed by detailed analyses of the $Ω$ baryon mass. We calculate the physical results of quark masses, decay constants of pseudoscalar mesons and single hadron spectra in light quark sector. The masses of the stable hadrons are found to agree with the experimental values within a sub-percent level.

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Lattice study on finite density QC$_2$D towards zero temperature

We investigate the phase structure and the equation of state (EoS) for dense two-color QCD (QC$_2$D) at low temperature ($T = 40$ MeV, $32^4$ lattice) for the purpose of extending our previous works~\cite{Iida:2019rah, Iida:2022hyy} at $T=80$ MeV ($16^4$ lattice). Indeed, a rich phase structure below the pseudo-critical temperature $T_c$ as a function of quark chemical potential $μ$ has been revealed, but finite volume effects in a high-density regime sometimes cause a wrong understanding. Therefore, it is important to investigate the temperature dependence down to zero temperature with large-volume simulations. By performing $32^4$ simulations, we obtain essentially similar results to the previous ones, but we are now allowed to get a fine understanding of the phase structure via the temperature dependence. Most importantly, we find that the hadronic-matter phase, which is composed of thermally excited hadrons, shrinks with decreasing temperature and that the diquark condensate scales as $\langle qq \rangle \propto μ^2$ in the BCS phase, a property missing at $T=80$ MeV. From careful analyses, furthermore, we confirm a tentative conclusion that the topological susceptibility is independent of $μ$. We also show the temperature dependence of the pressure, internal energy, and sound velocity as a function of $μ$. The pressure increases around the hadronic-superfluid phase transition more rapidly at the lower temperature, while the temperature dependence of the sound velocity is invisible. Breaking of the conformal bound is also confirmed thanks to the smaller statistical error.

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Chemical potential (in)dependence of hadron scatterings in the hadronic phase of QCD-like theories and its applications

We formulate a method for calculating the hadron-hadron scattering amplitudes at nonzero chemical potential ($μ$) in the hadronic phase at zero temperature, where the baryon number symmetry remains to be violated. Although it is widely believed that the physical quantities do not change even if we turn on a small $μ$ at zero temperature, the shape of correlation functions for a single hadron depends on $μ$. Then, the dispersion relation of the single hadron is modified to $E({\bf p},μ) = \sqrt{{\bf p}^2+m^2}-μn_{O}$. Here, $m$ and $n_O$ denote the hadron mass at $μ=0$ and the quantum number, respectively. From this relation, it is possible that the effective mass of the hadron depends on $μ$. We extend the HAL QCD method at $μ=0$ to the case of $μ\ne 0$, which allows us to extract the scattering phase shifts via the interaction potential. We have found that the interaction potential can depend on $μ$ only through the effective mass while the scattering phase shifts, obtained by solving the Schrödinger equation with the interaction potential, are independent of $μ$. We also numerically analyze the S-wave scatterings of two pions with isospin $I=2$ and two scalar diquarks within the framework of QC$_{2}$D at nonzero quark chemical potential. While the lattice is not exactly set to zero temperature, the $μ$-independence can be observed. Furthermore, we improve the results for the S-wave scatterings of two hadrons obtained above by taking the $μ$-independence for granted. Thanks to the asymmetric property of the correlation functions for diquarks at $μ\neq0$, we can access a long-$τ$ regime and can reduce the systematic error coming from inelastic contributions.

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Mass spectrum of spin-one hadrons in dense two-color QCD: Novel predictions by extended linear sigma model

We construct an extended version of the linear sigma model in such a way as to describe spin-$1$ hadrons as well as spin-$0$ hadrons in two-color QCD (QC$_2$D) by respecting the Pauli-Gürsey $SU(4)$ symmetry. Within a mean-field approximation, we therefrom examine a mass spectrum of the spin-$1$ hadrons at finite quark chemical potential ($μ_q$) and zero temperature. Not only mean fields of scalar mesons and scalar-diquark baryons but also of vector mesons and vector-diquark baryons are incorporated. As a result, we find that, unless all of those four types of mean fields are taken into account, neither lattice result for the critical $μ_q$ that corresponds to the onset of baryon superfluidity nor for $μ_q$ dependence of the pion mass can be reproduced. We also find that a slight suppression of the $ρ$ meson mass in the superfluid phase, which was suggested by the lattice simulation, is reproduced by subtle mixing effects between spin-$0$ and spin-$1$ hadrons. Moreover, we demonstrate the emergence of an axialvector condensed phase and possibly of a vector condensed phase by identifying the values of $μ_q$ at which the corresponding hadron masses vanish. The possible presence of iso-triplet $1^-$ diquarks that may be denoted by a tensor-type quark bilinear field is also discussed.

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Study on Lambda(1405) in the flavor SU(3) limit in the HAL QCD method

We study interactions between the S-wave octet pseudo-scalar (PS) meson and octet baryon in the flavor SU(3) limit using the HAL QCD method at the PS meson mass $m_M\approx 670~\textrm{MeV}$. We focus on the singlet and two octet channels, where the poles corresponding to $Λ(1405)$ have been predicted in the chiral unitary model. For calculations with $Λ$-baryon source operators with zero momentum, we employ the conventional stochastic calculation combined with the covariant-approximation averaging to calculate the all-to-all propagators. Due to a zero of the R-correlator (a kind of wave function), the leading order (LO) potential obtained by the single channel analysis has a singular point in all channels, which makes it difficult to obtain reliable binding energies. To overcome this problem, we take a linear combination of two octet R-correlators with a relative weight such that it does not cross zero, as two octet channels are suggested to couple to the same low-energy states with different weights. The potential calculated from such the linear combination shows strong attraction without singularities, though its shape depends on the relative weight. Our estimation for the binding energy in the octet channel is $E^{8_{s(a)}}_{\textrm{bind}}=163(7)(^{+16} _{-64})~\textrm{MeV}$, which is consistent with 156(8) MeV estimated from the two-point correlation function within errors.

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Lattice QCD studies on decuplet baryons as meson-baryon bound states in the HAL QCD method

We study decuplet baryons from meson-baryon interactions in lattice QCD, in particular, $Δ$ and $Ω$ baryons from P-wave $I=3/2$ $Nπ$ and $I=0$ $Ξ\bar{K}$ interactions, respectively. Interaction potentials are calculated in the HAL QCD method using 3-quark-type source operators at $m_π \approx 410~\textrm{MeV}$ and $m_{K} \approx 635~\textrm{MeV}$, where $Δ$ as well as $Ω$ baryons are stable. We use the conventional stochastic estimate of all-to-all propagators combined with the all-mode averaging to reduce statistical fluctuations. We have found that the $Ξ\bar K$ system has a weaker attraction than the $Nπ$ system while the binding energy from the threshold is larger for $Ω$ than $Δ$. This suggests that an inequality $m_{N}+m_π-m_Δ<m_Ξ+m_{\bar K}-m_Ω$ comes mainly from a smaller spatial size of a $Ξ\bar K$ bound state due to a larger reduced mass, rather than its interaction. Root-mean-square distances of bound states in both systems are small, indicating that $Δ$ and $Ω$ are tightly bound states and thus can be regarded qualitatively as composite states of 3 quarks. Results of binding energies agree with those obtained from temporal 2-point functions within large systematic errors, which arise dominantly from the lattice artifact at short distances.

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Probing the hadron mass spectrum in dense two-color QCD with the linear sigma model

We investigate modifications of hadron masses at finite quark chemical potential in two-flavor and two-color QCD, of which the data are available from lattice simulations, within a linear sigma model based on approximate Pauli-Gursey $SU(4)$ symmetry. The model describes not only ground-state scalar diquarks and pseudo-scalar mesons but also the excited pseudo-scalar diquarks and scalar mesons; each ground-state diquark (meson) has the corresponding excited diquark (hadron) with opposite parity as a chiral partner. Effects of chiral symmetry breaking and diquark condensates are incorporated by a mean-field treatment. We show that various mixings among the hadrons, which are triggered by the breakdown of baryon number conservation in the superfluid phase, lead to a rich hadron mass spectrum. We discuss the influence of $U(1)_A$ anomaly on the density dependence of the mass spectrum and also manifestations of the chiral partner structures as density increases in the superfluid phase. The predicted hadron masses are expected to provide future lattice simulations with useful information on such symmetry properties in dense two-color QCD.

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