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Title A cross-channel study of pion scattering from lattice QCD
Authors Maxim Mai, C. Culver, Andrei Alexandru, Michael Doring, Frank Lee
JLAB number JLAB-THY-19-3017
LANL number arXiv:1908.01847
Other number DOE/OR/23177-4765
Document Type(s) (Journal Article) 
Associated with EIC: No
Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding: No
Funding Source: Nuclear Physics (NP)
 

Journal
Compiled for Physical Review D
Volume 100
Page(s) 114514
Refereed
Publication Abstract: We use a chiral model for pion interactions, in the inverse amplitude formalism, to perform a simultaneous analysis of lattice QCD results for pion-pion scattering in all three isospin channels. The input is the finite-volume two-pion spectrum computed using lattice QCD from six ensembles on lattices elongated in one of the spatial dimensions. A two-flavor dynamical lattice QCD action is used with two quark masses corresponding to a pion mass of 315 MeV and 224 MeV. The spectrum in the elastic region is subjected to a global fit which takes into account full correlations across isospin, pion mass and decay constant. The parameters from the fit are used to perform a chiral extrapolation to the physical point. The cross-channel fit results in a more precise determination of the parameters of the model when compared with single channel fits. We obtain $m_\pi a_0^{I=0}=0.2132(9)$, and $m_\pi a_0^{I=2}=0.0433(2)$ as well as $m_\sigma=443(3)-i221(6)$ MeV and $m_\rho=724(4)-i67(1)$ MeV. Several aspects of scale setting and consistency with previous analyses of lattice QCD results are discussed as well.
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Group: THEORY CENTER
Document: pdf
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.114514
Accepted Manuscript: PhysRevD.100.114514.pdf
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