Applications of chiral perturbation theory to lattice QCD
Dec, 2009Citations per year
Abstract: (arXiv)
These notes contain the written version of lectures given at the 2009 Les Houches Summer School "Modern perspectives in lattice QCD: Quantum field theory and high performance computing." The goal is to provide a pedagogical introduction to the subject, and not a comprehensive review. Topics covered include a general introduction, the inclusion of scaling violations in chiral perturbation theory, partial quenching and mixed actions, chiral perturbation theory with heavy kaons, and the effects of finite volume, both in the p- and epsilon-regimes.Note:
- 83 pages, 9 figures, Lectures given at the Ecole de Physique des Houches "Modern perspectives in lattice QCD" -- two more references added, two minor errors fixed, v4: footnote 19 corrected
- perturbation theory: chiral
- finite size: effect
- scaling: violation
- K
- lectures
- quenching
- quantum chromodynamics
- effective field theory
- meson: decay constant
- quark: mass
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