Determination of the Delta S = 1 weak Hamiltonian in the SU(4) chiral limit through topological zero-mode wave functions

Feb, 2008
38 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 05 (2008) 043
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Report number:
  • BI-TP-2008-04,
  • EDINBURGH-2008-07,
  • FTUAM-08-01,
  • FTUV-08-0226,
  • IFIC-08-07,
  • IFT-UAM-CSIC-08-07,
  • MKPH-T-08-01

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Abstract: (arXiv)
A new method to determine the low-energy couplings of the ΔS=1\Delta S=1 weak Hamiltonian is presented. It relies on a matching of the topological poles in 1/m21/m^2 of three-point correlators of two pseudoscalar densities and a four-fermion operator, measured in lattice QCD, to the same observables computed in the ϵ\epsilon-regime of chiral perturbation theory. We test this method in a theory with a light charm quark, i.e. with an SU(4) flavour symmetry. Quenched numerical measurements are performed in a 2 fm box, and chiral perturbation theory predictions are worked out up to next-to-leading order. The matching of the two sides allows to determine the weak low-energy couplings in the SU(4) limit. We compare the results with a previous determination, based on three-point correlators containing two left-handed currents, and discuss the merits and drawbacks of the two procedures.
  • lattice field theory
  • two-point function
  • n-point function: 3
  • density: pseudoscalar
  • operator: (4 fermion)
  • perturbation theory: chiral
  • symmetry: SU(4)
  • zero mode: wave function
  • low-energy constant
  • numerical calculations