Chiral extrapolation: An Analogy with effective field theory
Oct, 2001
6 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 531 (2002) 77-82
e-Print:
- hep-th/0110155 [hep-th]
Report number:
- ADP-01-38-T470
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Abstract:
We draw an analogy between the chiral extrapolation of lattice QCD calculations from large to small quark masses and the interpolation between the large mass (weak field) and small mass (strong field) limits of the Euler--Heisenberg QED effective action. In the latter case, where the exact answer is known, a simple extrapolation of a form analogous to those proposed for the QCD applications is shown to be surprisingly accurate over the entire parameter range.Note:
- 6 pp, revtex, 3 figs; minor changes -- version to appear in PLB
- lattice field theory
- quantum chromodynamics
- quantum electrodynamics
- effective action
- symmetry: chiral
- mass: expansion
- hadron: form factor
- numerical calculations
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