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Title Decay constants of the pion and its excitations on the lattice.
Abstract We present a calculation using lattice QCD of the ratios of decay constants of the excited states of the pion, to that of the pion ground state, at three values of the pion mass between 400 and 700 MeV, using an anisotropic clover fermion action with three flavors of quarks. We find that the decay constant of the first excitation, and more notably of the second, is suppressed with respect to that of the ground-state pion, but that the suppression shows little dependence on the quark mass. The strong suppression of the decay constant of the second excited state is consistent with its interpretation as a predominantly hybrid state.
Author(s) Ekaterina Mastropas, David Richards
Publication Date July 2014
Document Type Journal Article
Primary Institution Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News
Affiliation Theory & Comp Physics / THEORY CENTER / THEORY CENTER
Funding Source
Proprietary? No
This publication conveys Technical Science Results
Document Numbers
JLAB Number: JLAB-THY-14-1858 OSTI Number: 1148710
LANL Number: arXiv:1403.5575 Other Number: DOE/OR/23177-3033
Associated with an experiment No
Associated with EIC No
Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding No
Journal Article
Journal Name Physical Review D
Refereed Yes
Volume 90
Issue 01
Page(s) 014511
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paper_mayber.pdf (STI Document)
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