Improved lattice operators: The Case of the topological charge density

Oct, 1995
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 53 (1996) 2619-2624
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Report number:
  • IFUP-TH-57-95

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Abstract:
We analyze the properties of a class of improved lattice topological charge density operators, constructed by a smearing-like procedure. By optimizing the choice of the parameters introduced in their definition, we find operators having (i) a better statistical behavior as estimators of the topological charge density on the lattice, i.e. less noisy; (ii) a multiplicative renormalization much closer to one; (iii) a large suppression of the perturbative tail (and other unphysical mixings) in the corresponding lattice topological susceptibility.
  • 12.38.Gc
  • 11.15.Ha
  • lattice field theory
  • charge: topological
  • charge: density
  • operator: lattice
  • susceptibility: topological
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • renormalization
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo