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Sinya Aoki

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Energy dependence of nucleon-nucleon potentials

We investigate the energy dependence of potentials defined through the Bethe-Salpeter wave functions. We analytically evaluate such a potential in the Ising field theory in 2 dimensions and show that its energy dependence is weak at low energy. We then numerically calculate the nucleon-nucleon potential at non-zero energy using quenched QCD with anti-periodic boundary condition. In this case we also observe that the potentials are almost identical at $E\simeq 0$ and $E\simeq 50$ MeV, where $E$ is the center of mass kinetic energy.

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Pion scattering in Wilson ChPT

We compute the scattering amplitude for pion scattering in Wilson chiral perturbation theory for two degenerate quark flavors. We consider two different regimes where the quark mass m is of order (i) aΛ_QCD^2 and (ii) a^2Λ_QCD^3. Analytic expressions for the scattering lengths in all three isospin channels are given. As a result of the O(a^2) terms the I=0 and I=2 scattering lengths do not vanish in the chiral limit. Moreover, additional chiral logarithms proportional to a^2\ln M_π^2 are present in the one-loop results for regime (ii). These contributions significantly modify the familiar results from continuum chiral perturbation theory.

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Bethe--Salpeter wave functions in integrable models

We investigate some properties of Bethe--Salpeter wave functions in integrable models. In particular we illustrate the application of the operator product expansion in determining the short distance behavior. The energy dependence of the potentials obtained from such wave functions is studied, and further we discuss the (limited) phenomenological significance of zero--energy potentials.

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Precise determination of $B_K$ and light quark masses in quenched domain-wall QCD

We calculate non-perturbative renormalization factors at hadronic scale for $ΔS=2$ four-quark operators in quenched domain-wall QCD using the Schrödinger functional method. Combining them with the non-perturbative renormalization group running by the Alpha collaboration, our result yields the fully non-perturbative renormalization factor, which converts the lattice bare $B_K$ to the renormalization group invariant (RGI) $\hat{B}_K$. Applying this to the bare $B_K$ previously obtained by the CP-PACS collaboration at $a^{-1}\simeq 2, 3, 4$ GeV, we obtain $\hat{B}_K=0.782(5)(7)$ (equivalent to $B_K^{\bar{\rm MS}}({\rm NDR}, 2 {\rm GeV}) = 0.565(4)(5)$ by 2-loop running) in the continuum limit, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic due to the continuum extrapolation. Except the quenching error, the total error we have achieved is less than 2%, which is much smaller than the previous ones. Taking the same procedure, we obtain $m_{u,d}^{\rm RGI}=5.613(66)$ MeV and $m_s^{\rm RGI}=147.1(17)$ MeV (equivalent to $m_{u,d}^{\bar{\rm MS}}(2 {\rm GeV})=4.026(48)$ MeV and $m_{s}^{\bar{\rm MS}}(2 {\rm GeV})=105.6(12)$ MeV by 4-loop running) in the continuum limit.

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Dynamical QCD simulation with theta terms

The theta term that breaks the Strong CP symmetry is introduced in the two flavors of dynamical QCD simulation. theta is analytically continued to a pure imaginary number to make the probability of Monte Carlo positive. The Neutron's Electric Dipole Moment (NEDM) is measured on the ensemble under a uniform and week electric field. Other applications of theta terms are also discussed.

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Hadron interactions from lattice QCD

Studies on hadron interactions from lattice QCD are reviewed. The $S$-wave $ππ$ scattering lengths of the I=0 and I=2 channels are extracted from various lattice determinations of low energy constants in $N_f=2$ chiral perturbation theory. The results agree with each other and agree also with other non-lattice estimates. Recently the $P$-wave $ππ$ scattering phase shift for the I=1 channel has been calculated. A preliminary estimate of the $ρ$ meson decay width from the phase shift is consistent with the experimental value. Two approaches to potentials between hadrons are discussed. One is a method using static quarks to define the distance between two hadrons. The other is a method to define a potential from a wave function of two hadrons. An application of the latter to the nucleon-nucleon ($NN$) potential turns out to reproduce qualitative features of the phenomenological $NN$ potential such as attraction at long distance and repulsion at short distance. Theoretical issues of this approach are also discussed.

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Theta vacuum physics from QCD at fixed topology

We propose a method to obtain physical quantities in the theta vacuum from those at fixed topology, which are different by finite size effects. Extending the work by Brower et al., we derive the formula to estimate these finite size corrections for arbitrary correlators in terms of the topological susceptibility and the theta dependence. Applying this formula, we show that topological susceptibility can be measured through two-point functions of pseudoscalar operator.

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The vector and axial vector current in Wilson ChPT

We construct the vector and axial vector currents in Wilson Chiral Perturbation Theory (WChPT), the low-energy effective theory for lattice QCD with Wilson fermions. Our construction is slightly different compared to ChPT in continuum QCD, where the currents are essentially the (partially) conserved currents associated with the chiral symmetries. In WChPT, due to explicit chiral symmetry breaking at non-zero lattice spacing, there appear O(a) terms in the expressions for the currents which do not stem from the effective action. In addition, the finite renormalization of the currents needs to be taken into account in order to properly match the currents of the effective theory. As an illustration we compute f_pi to one loop with the renormalized axial vector current for a particular renormalization condition. It turns out that for this particular condition some of the O(a) corrections are taken care of by the renormalization.

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Finite volume QCD at fixed topological charge

In finite volume the partition function of QCD with a given $θ$ is a sum of different topological sectors with a weight primarily determined by the topological susceptibility. If a physical observable is evaluated only in a fixed topological sector, the result deviates from the true expectation value by an amount proportional to the inverse space-time volume 1/V. Using the saddle point expansion, we derive formulas to express the correction due to the fixed topological charge in terms of a 1/V expansion. Applying this formula, we propose a class of methods to determine the topological susceptibility in QCD from various correlation functions calculated in a fixed topological sector.

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Automatic O$(a)$ improvement for twisted-mass QCD

We present a condition for automatic O$(a)$ improvement in twisted mass lattice QCD, using symmetries of the Symanzik effective theory. If the continuum part of the Symanzik effective theory is invariant under a particular transformation, named $T_1$ in this report, scaling violations of all quantities invariant under $T_1$ transformation are even in the lattice spacing $a$. On the other hand, quantities non-invariant under $T_1$ vanish in the continuum limit with odd powers in $a$. We prove this statement even for the massive case without using the equation of motion. We also consider a few different criteria for the $T_1$ invariant condition in lattice theories and discuss ambiguities of the lattice condition for O$(a)$ improvement.

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WChPT analysis of twisted mass lattice data

We perform a Wilson Chiral Perturbation Theory (WChPT) analysis of quenched twisted mass lattice data. The data were generated by two independent groups with three different choices for the critical mass. For one choice, the so-called pion mass definition, one observes a strong curvature for small quark masses in various mesonic observables (''bending phenomenon''). Performing a combined fit to the next-to-leading (NLO) expressions, we find that WChPT describes the data very well and the fits provide very reasonable values for the low-energy parameters.

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Automatic O(a) improvement for twisted-mass QCD in the presence of spontaneous symmetry breaking

In this paper we present a proof for automatic O(a) improvement in twisted mass lattice QCD at maximal twist, which uses only the symmetries of the leading part in the Symanzik effective action. In the process of the proof we clarify that the twist angle is dynamically determined by vacuum expectation values in the Symanzik theory. For maximal twist according to this definition, we show that scaling violations of all quantities which have non-zero values in the continuum limit are even in a. In addition, using Wilson Chiral Perturbation Theory (WChPT), we investigate this definition for maximal twist and compare it to other definitions which were already employed in actual simulations.

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Determining the low energy parameters of Wilson Chiral Perturbation Theory

We report preliminary results of a Wilson Chiral Perturbation Theory (WChPT) analysis of twisted mass lattice QCD data. The quenched data, previously published by two different groups, was generated with two definitions for the critical quark mass and shows a strong non-linear quark mass dependence for small quark masses for the pion mass definition (``bending phenomenon''). We find that WChPT describes this characteristic curvature fairly well. Fits to the data provide estimates for combinations of low-energy parameters, even though the errors are sizable.

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One-loop determination of mass dependent $O(a)$ improvement coefficients for the heavy-light vector and axial-vector currents with relativistic heavy and domain-wall light quarks

We present the one-loop results of the mass dependent $O(a)$ improvement coefficients for the heavy-light vector and axial-vector currents consisting of the relativistic heavy and the domain-wall light quarks. The calculations are performed with the plaquette, Iwasaki and DBW2 gauge actions. The heavy quark mass and domain-wall height dependence is investigated. We point out that the exact chiral symmetry held by the lattice light quark action leads to an exact relation between the improvement coefficients for the vector and axial-vector currents without regard to the lattice heavy quark action.

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Twisted-mass QCD, O(a) improvement and Wilson chiral perturbation theory

We point out a caveat in the proof for automatic O(a) improvement in twisted mass lattice QCD at maximal twist angle. With the definition for the twist angle previously given by Frezzotti and Rossi, automatic O(a) improvement can fail unless the quark mass satisfies m_q >> a^2 Lambda_QCD^3. We propose a different definition for the twist angle which does not require a restriction on the quark mass for automatic O(a) improvement. In order to illustrate explicitly automatic O(a) improvement we compute the pion mass in the corresponding chiral effective theory. We consider different definitions for maximal twist and show explicitly the absence or presence of the leading O(a) effect, depending on the size of the quark mass.

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Perturbative determination of mass dependent renormalization and improvement coefficients for the heavy-light vector and axial-vector currents with relativistic heavy and domain-wall light quarks

We determine the mass dependent renormalization as well as improvement coefficients for the heavy-light vector and axial-vector currents consisting of the relativistic heavy and the domain-wall light quarks through the standard matching procedure. The calculation is carried out perturbatively at the one loop level to remove the systematic error of $O(α_s (am_Q)^n a\p)$ as well as $O(α_s (am_Q)^n)$ ($n\ge$0), where $\p$ is a typical momentum scale in the heavy-light system. We point out that renormalization and improvement coefficients of the heavy-light vector current agree with those of the axial-vector current, thanks to the exact chiral symmetry for the light quark. The results obtained with three different gauge actions, plaquette, Iwasaki and DBW2, are presented as a function of heavy quark mass and domain-wall height.

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