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N. Stella

Publications and source records attributed to N. Stella.

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arXiv2009

Hybrid lattice Boltzmann model for binary fluid mixtures

A hybrid lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for binary mixtures based on the free-energy approach is proposed. Non-ideal terms of the pressure tensor are included as a body force in the LBM kinetic equations, used to simulate the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations. The convection-diffusion equation is studied by finite difference methods. Differential operators are discretized in order to reduce the magnitude of spurious velocities. The algorithm has been shown to be stable and reproducing the correct equilibrium behavior in simple test configurations and to be Galilean invariant. Spurious velocities can be reduced of about an order of magnitude with respect to standard discretization procedure.

cond-mat.soft↗

arXiv1997

First Lattice Study of Semileptonic Decays of Lambda_b and Xi_b Baryons

We present the results of the first lattice study of semileptonic decays of baryons containing a b-quark. Predictions for the decay distributions are given and the Isgur-Wise functions for heavy baryons are computed, for values of the velocity transfer up to about omega=1.2. The computations are performed on a 24^3 x 48 lattice at beta=6.2 using the Sheikholeslami-Wohlert action in the quenched approximation.

hep-lat↗

arXiv1997

The effect of tree-level and mean-field improvement on the light-hadron spectrum in quenched QCD

We compute the light hadron mass spectrum at beta=5.7 using the O(a) improved Sheikholeslami-Wohlert (SW) fermion action with two choices of the clover coefficient: the classical value, c=1, and a mean-field or tadpole-improved estimate c=1.57. We compare our results with those of the GF11 Collaboration who use the Wilson fermion action (c=0). We find that changing c from zero to 1 and 1.57 leads to significant differences in the masses of the chirally extrapolated and strange pseudoscalar and vector mesons, the nucleon, the Delta, and also in the Edinburgh plot. A number of other quantities, for example m_V^2-m_PS^2, J, am_K/am_ρand am_{K^*}/am_ρdo not appear to change significantly. We also investigate the effect of changing the lattice volume from approximately (2 fm)^3 to (2.6 fm)^3. We find that the meson masses are consistent to within one standard deviation and baryon masses are consistent to within two standard deviations.

hep-lat↗

arXiv1994

Lattice Calculation of D- and B-meson Semileptonic Decays, using the Clover Action at beta=6.0 on APE

We present the results of a high statistics lattice calculation of hadronic form factors relevant for $D-$ and $B-$meson semi-leptonic decays into light pseudoscalar and vector mesons. The results have been obtained by averaging over 170 gauge field configurations, generated in the quenched approximation, at $β=6.0$, on a $18^3 \times 64$ lattice, using the $O(a)$-improved SW-Clover action.From the study of the matrix element $ $, we obtain $f_+ (0)=0.78\pm 0.08$ and from the matrix element $<\bar K^{* 0}\vert J_μ\vert D^+>$ we obtain $V(0)=1.08\pm 0.22$, $A_1(0)=0.67\pm 0.11$ and $A_2(0)=0.49\pm 0.34$. We also obtain the ratios $V(0)/A_1(0)=1.6\pm 0.3$ and $A_2(0)/A_1(0)= 0.7\pm 0.4$. Our predictions for the different form factors are in good agreement with the experimental data, although, in the case of $A_2(0)$, the errors are still too large to draw any firm conclusion. With the help of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) we have also extrapolated the lattice results to $B$-meson decays. The form factors follow a behaviour compatible with the HQET predictions. Our results are in agreement with a previous lattice calculation, performed at $β=6.4$, using the standard Wilson action.

hep-lat↗

arXiv1994

A Lattice Study of the Gluon Propagator in the Landau Gauge

We present the results of two high-statistics studies of the gluon propagator in the Landau gauge, at $β=6.0$, on different lattice volumes. The dependence of the propagator on the momenta is well described by the expression $G(k^2) = \Big[ M^2+Z\cdot k^2(k^2/ Λ^2)^η)\Big]^{-1}$. We obtain a precise determination of $η=0.532(12)$, and verify that $M^2$ does not vanish in the infinite volume limit.

hep-ph↗

arXiv1994

The Gluon Propagator on a Large Volume, at $β=6.0$

We present the results of a high statistics lattice study of the gluon propagator, in the Landau gauge, at $β=6.0$. As suggested by previous studies, we find that, in momentum space, the propagator is well described by the expression $G(k^2)= \Big[ M^2 + Z\cdot k^2(k^2/Λ^2)^η\Big]^{-1} $. By comparing $G(k^2)$ on different volumes, we obtain a precise determination of the exponent $η=0.532(12)$, and verify that $M^2$ does not vanish in the infinite volume limit. The behaviour of $η$ and $M^2$ in the continuum limit is not known, and can only be studied by increasing the value of $β$.

hep-lat↗