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Yasumichi Aoki

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Nucleon form factors in $N_f=2+1$ lattice QCD at the physical point : finite lattice spacing effect on the root-mean-square radii

We present results for the nucleon form factors: electric ($G_E$), magnetic ($G_M$), axial ($F_A$), induced pseudoscalar ($F_P$) and pseudoscalar ($G_P$) form factors, using the second PACS10 ensemble that is one of three sets of $2+1$ flavor lattice QCD configurations at physical quark masses in large spatial volumes (exceeding $(10\ \mathrm{fm})^3$). The second PACS10 gauge configurations are generated by the PACS Collaboration with the six stout-smeared $O(a)$ improved Wilson quark action and Iwasaki gauge action at the second gauge coupling $β=2.00$ corresponding to the lattice spacing of $a=0.063$ fm. We determine the isovector electric, magnetic and axial radii and magnetic moment from the corresponding form factors, as well as the axial-vector coupling $g_A$. Combining our previous results for the coarser lattice spacing [E. Shintani et al., Phys. Rev. D99 (2019) 014510; Phys. Rev. D102 (2020) 019902 (erattum)], the finite lattice spacing effects on the isovector radii, magnetic moment and axial-vector coupling are investigated using the difference between the two results. It was found that the effect on $g_A$ is kept smaller than the statistical error of 2% while the effect on the isovector radii was observed as a possible discretization error of about 10%, regardless of the channel. We also report the partially conserved axial vector current (PCAC) relation using a set of nucleon three-point correlation functions in order to verify the effect by $O(a)$-improvement of the axial-vector current.

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Axial U(1) symmetry near the pseudocritical temperature in $N_f=2+1$ lattice QCD with chiral fermions

We study the $U(1)_A$ anomaly at high temperatures of $N_f=2+1$ lattice QCD with chiral fermions. Gauge ensembles are generated with Möbius domain-wall (MDW) fermions, and the measurements are reweighted to those with overlap fermions. We report on the results for the Dirac spectra, the $U(1)_A$ susceptibility, and the topological susceptibility in the temperature range of $T=136$, $153$, $175$, and $204$ MeV, where the up and down quark masses are set to be near the physical point as well as at lighter or heavier masses.

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Study of Chiral Symmetry and $U(1)_A$ using Spatial Correlators for $N_f=2+1$ QCD at finite temperature with Domain Wall Fermions

Based on simulations of 2+1 flavor lattice QCD with Möbius domain wall fermions at high temperatures, we compute a series of spatial correlation functions to study the screening masses in mesonic states. We compare these masses with the symmetry relations for various quark masses and lattice sizes at temperatures above the critical point. Using these spatial correlation functions we examine the $SU(2)_L \times SU(2)_R$ symmetry as well as the anomalously broken axial $U(1)_A$ symmetry. Additionally we explore a possible and emergent chiral-spin symmetry $SU(2)_{CS}$.

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Exploring the QCD phase diagram with three flavors of Möbius domain wall fermions

We present an update on the study of the QCD phase transition with 3 flavors of Möbius domain wall fermions at zero baryon density. We performed simulations on lattices of size $36^3\times12\times16$ and $24^3\times12\times32$ with a variety of quark masses at a fixed lattice spacing $a=0.1361(20)$ fm, which correspond to a temperature 121(2) MeV. By analyzing the chiral condensate, chiral susceptibilitities and Binder cumulant on $36^3\times12\times16$ lattices together with the result obtained from our previous study on $24^3\times12\times16$ lattices, we identified a crossover occurring at quark mass around $m_q^{\mathrm{\overline {MS}}}(2\, \mathrm{GeV}) \sim 3-4$ MeV for this temperature. Besides, we show the effects of residual chiral symmetry breaking on chiral condensate and chiral susceptibilities between $L_s=16$ and 32.

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Discretization effects on nucleon root-mean-square radii from lattice QCD at the physical point

We present results for the axial-vector coupling and root-mean-square (RMS) radii of the nucleon obtained from 2+1 flavor lattice QCD at the physical point with a large spatial extent of about 10 fm. Our calculations are performed with the PACS10 gauge configurations generated by the PACS Collaboration with the six stout-smeared $O(a)$ improved Wilson-clover quark action and Iwasaki gauge action at $β$ = 1.82 and 2.00 corresponding to lattice spacings of 0.085 fm and 0.063 fm, respectively. We first evaluate the value of the axial-vector coupling of the nucleon ($g_A$). In addition, the isovector electric, magnetic and axial radii and magnetic moment from the corresponding form factors are also determined. Combining the results at $β=1.82$ and $2.00$, we finally discuss the finite lattice spacing effect. It was found that the effect on $g_A$ is kept smaller than the statistical error of 2% while the effect on the isovector radii was observed as a possible discretization error of about 10%, regardless of the channel.

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Finite temperature QCD phase transition with 3 flavors of Möbius domain wall fermions

We investigate the finite temperature QCD phase transition with three degenerate quark flavors using Möbius domain wall fermions. To explore the order of phase transition on the lower left corner of Columbia plot and if possible, to locate the critical endpoint we performed simulations at temperatures around 181 and 121 MeV with lattice spacing $a=0.1361(20)$ fm corresponding to temporal lattice extent $N_τ=8,12$ with varying quark mass for two different volumes with aspect ratios $N_σ/N_τ$ ranging from 2 to 3. By analyzing the volume and mass dependence of the chiral condensate, disconnected chiral susceptibility and Binder cumulant we find that there is a crossover at $m_q^{\mathrm{\overline {MS}}}(2\, \mathrm{GeV}) \sim 44\, \mathrm{MeV}$ for $\mathrm{T_{pc}}\sim$ 181 MeV, At temperature 121 MeV, the binder cumulant suggests a crossover at $m_q^{\mathrm{\overline {MS}}}(2\, \mathrm{GeV}) \sim 3.7\, \mathrm{MeV}$, although a study of volume dependence would be important to confirm this.

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Towards the continuum limit of nucleon form factors at the physical point using lattice QCD

We present results for the axial charge and root-mean-square (RMS) radii of the nucleon obtained from 2+1 flavor lattice QCD at the physical point with a large spatial extent of about 10 fm. Our calculations are performed with the PACS10 gauge configurations generated by the PACS Collaboration with the six stout-smeared $O(a)$ improved Wilson-clover quark action and Iwasaki gauge action at $β$ = 1.82 and 2.00 corresponding to lattice spacings of 0.085 fm and 0.063 fm respectively. We first evaluate the value of $g_A/g_V$ , which is not renormalized in the continuum limit and thus ends up with the renormalized axial charge. Moreover, we also calculate the nucleon elastic form factors and determine three kinds of isovector RMS radii such as electric, magnetic and axial ones at the two lattice spacings. We finally discuss the discretization uncertainties on renormalized axial charge and isovector RMS radii towards the continuum limit.

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Nucleon isovector couplings in Nf = 2 + 1 lattice QCD at the physical point

We present results for the scalar and tensor isovector-couplings ($g_S$ and $g_T$) of the nucleon measured at the physical point ($M_π=135$ MeV) with a single lattice spacing of $0.085\ \mathrm{fm}$ in 2+1 flavor QCD. Our calculations are carried out with two ensembles of gauge configurations generated by the PACS Collaboration with nonperturbatively ${\cal O}(a)$ improved Wilson quark action and Iwasaki gauge action on $(10.9\ {\rm fm})^4$ and $(5.5\ {\rm fm})^4$ lattices, where the finite-size effect on the nucleon mass was not shown at the level of the statistical precision less than 0.5%. We compute the nucleon three-point correlation functions in the vector, axial, scalar, and tensor channels. We confirm that our previous result of the nucleon axial coupling on the large spatial volume of $(10.9\ {\rm fm})^4$ has no finite-size effect at the level of the statistical precision of 1.9%. For the renormalization, we first renormalize $g_S$ and $g_T$ nonperturbatively using the RI/SMOM$_{(γ_μ)}$ scheme, a variant of Rome-Southampton RI/MOM scheme with reduced systematic errors, as the intermediate scheme. We evaluate our final results at the renormalization scale of 2 GeV in the $\overline{\rm MS}$ scheme through matching procedure between the RI/SMOM$_{(γ_μ)}$ and $\overline{\rm MS}$ schemes with the help of perturbation theory, and then obtain $g_S=0.927(71)_{\rm stat}(22)_{\rm syst}$ and $g_T=1.036(6)_{\rm stat}(20)_{\rm syst}$.

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Axial U(1) symmetry at high temperatures in $N_f=2+1$ lattice QCD with chiral fermions

We study the $U(1)_A$ anomaly in the high-temperature phase of $N_f=2+1$ lattice QCD with chiral fermions. Gauge ensembles are generated with Möbius domain-wall (MDW) fermions, and in the measurements the determinant is reweighted to that of overlap fermions. We report the results for the overlap Dirac spectrum, $U(1)_A$ susceptibility, and topological susceptibility at $T=204$ and $175$ MeV.

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Nucleon isovector tensor charge from lattice QCD with physical light quarks

We present preliminary results for the axial, scalar and tensor charges of the nucleon measured in 2+1 flavor QCD with the physical light quarks ($m_π=135$ MeV). Our simulations are carried out with gauge configurations generated by the PACS Collaboration with the stout-smeared $O(a)$ improved Wilson fermions and Iwasaki gauge action at a single lattice spacing of $0.085\ (\mathrm{fm})$. There are two lattice ensembles of the PACS gauge configurations, which have physical lattice sizes over $(10\ \mathrm{fm})^4$ and $(5\ \mathrm{fm})^4$, respectively. We compute the nucleon three-point correlation functions in the axial, scalar, and tensor channels. For the renormalization, we use the Rome-Southampton method as the intermediate scheme in order to evaluate the renormalization constants for the scalar and tensor currents in fully nonperturbative manner. We then evaluate the renormalized values of the scalar and tensor charges ($g_S$ and $g_T$) in the $\overline{\rm MS}$ scheme at the renormalization scale of 2 GeV with a help of the continuum perturbation theory for the matching between two schemes. We compare our preliminary results of $g_S$ and $g_T$ with those of other collaboration results.

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The lower moments of nucleon structure functions in lattice QCD with physical quark masses

We present results for the nucleon structure functions and form factors obtained from 2+1 flavor lattice QCD with physical light quark masses ($m_π=135$ MeV) in a large spatial extent of about 10 fm. Our calculations are performed with the PACS10 gauge configurations generated by the PACS Collaboration with the six stout-smeared ${\mathscr{O}}(a)$ improved Wilson-clover quark action and Iwasaki gauge action at $β=1.82$ and $2.00$ corresponding to lattice spacings of $0.085$ fm and $0.064$ fm respectively. The lower moments of structure functions, $\langle x \rangle_{u-d}$ and $\langle x \rangle_{Δu - Δd}$ given by the twist-2 operators being properly renormalized, are evaluated in the $\overline{\rm MS}$ scheme at the renormalization scale of 2 GeV only at $β=1.82$, since the renormalization factors at $β=2.00$ have not yet determined nonperturbatively in the RI/MOM scheme. Instead, at two lattice spacings, we evaluate appropriate ratios of $g_{A}/g_{V}$ and $\langle x \rangle_{u-d}/\langle x \rangle_{Δu -Δd}$, which are not renormalized in the continuum limit. These quantities thus can be directly compared with the experimental data without the renormalization.

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2+1 flavor fine lattice simulation at finite temperature with domain-wall fermions

Simulations for the thermodynamics of the 2+1 flavor QCD are performed employing chiral fermions. The use of Möbius domain-wall fermions with stout-link smearing is more effective on the finer lattices where all the relevant chiral symmetries are realized more accurately. We report on the initial simulations near the (pseudo) critical point using the line of constant physics with an average $ud$ quark mass slightly heavier than physical at $a\lesssim 0.1$ fm.

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Proton decay matrix elements on the lattice at physical pion mass

Proton decay is a major prediction of Grand-Unified Theories (GUT) and its observation would indicate baryon number violation that is required for baryogenesis. Many decades of searching for proton decay have constrained its rate and ruled out some of the simplest GUT models. Apart from the baryon number-violating interactions, this rate also depends on transition amplitudes between the proton and mesons or leptons produced in the decay, which are matrix elements of three-quark operators. We report nonperturbative calculation of these matrix elements for the most studied two-body decay channels into a meson and antilepton done on a lattice with physical light and strange quark masses and lattice spacings $a\approx0.14$ and 0.20 fm. We perform nonperturbative renormalization and excited state analysis to control associated systematic effects. Our results largely agree with previous lattice calculations done with heavier quark masses and thus remove ambiguity in ruling out some simple GUT theories due to quark mass dependence of hadron structure.

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Axial U(1) symmetry and mesonic correlators at high temperature in $N_f=2$ lattice QCD

We investigate the high-temperature phase of QCD using lattice QCD simulations with $N_f = 2$ dynamical Möbius domain-wall fermions. On generated configurations, we study the axial $U(1)$ symmetry, overlap-Dirac spectra, screening masses from mesonic correlators, and topological susceptibility. We find that some of the observables are quite sensitive to lattice artifacts due to a small violation of the chiral symmetry. For those observables, we reweight the Möbius domain-wall fermion determinant by that of the overlap fermion. We also check the volume dependence of observables. Our data near the chiral limit indicates a strong suppression of the axial $U(1)$ anomaly at temperatures $\geq$ 220 MeV.

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Nucleon isovector couplings from 2+1 flavor lattice QCD at the physical point

We present results on the axial, scalar and tensor isovector-couplings of the nucleon from 2+1 flavor lattice QCD with physical light quarks ($m_π$ = 135 MeV) in large spatial volume of (10.8 fm)$^3$. The calculations are carried out with the PACS10 gauge configurations generated by the PACS Collaboration with the stout-smeared $\mathcal{O}(a)$ improved Wilson fermions and Iwasaki gauge action at $β=1.82$ corresponding to the lattice spacing of 0.084 fm. For the renormalization, we use the RI/SMOM scheme, a variant of Rome-Southampton RI/MOM scheme with reduced systematic errors, as the intermediate scheme. We then evaluate our final results in the $\overline{\rm MS}$ scheme at a scale of 2 GeV, using the continuum perturbation theory for the matching scale of RI/SMOM and $\overline{\rm MS}$ schemes and running.

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Axial U(1) symmetry, topology, and Dirac spectra at high temperature in $N_f=2$ lattice QCD

Using lattice QCD simulations with $N_f = 2$ dynamical fermions, we study the axial $U(1)$ symmetry, topological charge, and Dirac eigenvalue spectra in the high-temperature phase in which the chiral symmetry is restored. Our gauge ensembles are generated with Möbius domain-wall fermions, but the measurements such as susceptibilities are reweighted to those for the overlap fermions by using overlap/domain-wall reweighting technique. We find that the $U(1)_A$ and topological susceptibilities are strongly suppressed in the small quark mass region, which is related to the reduction of chiral-zero and low-nonzero modes on the Dirac spectra. We also examine their volume dependence.

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Proton decay matrix element on the lattice with physical pion mass

Proton decay is one of possible signatures of baryon number violation, which has to exist to explain the baryon asymmetry and the existence of nuclear matter. Proton decays must be mediated through effective low-energy baryon number violating operators made of three quarks and a lepton. We calculate matrix elements of these operators between the proton and various meson final states using the direct method. We report on preliminary results of matrix element calculation done with the 2+1 dynamical flavor domain wall fermions at the physical point for the first time.

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Axial U(1) symmetry and Dirac spectra in high-temperature phase of $N_f=2$ lattice QCD

The axial $U(1)$ symmetry in the high-temperature phase is investigated with $N_f = 2$ lattice QCD simulations. The gauge ensembles are generated with Möbius domain-wall fermions, and the overlap/domain-wall reweighting is applied. We find that the $U(1)_A$ susceptibility evaluated from the spectrum of overlap-Dirac eigenvalues is strongly suppressed in the chiral limit. We also study its volume dependence.

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