Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
2005-09-04
Phys.Rev.D72:074510,2005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
20 pages, 6 figures. Published version. More typos corrected, and summary paragraph added to sections II and IV
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.72.074510
I make a number of observations concerning discretization errors in twisted-mass lattice QCD that can be deduced by applying chiral perturbation theory including lattice artifacts. (1) The line along which the PCAC quark mass vanishes in the twisted mass-twisted mass plane makes an angle to the untwisted mass axis which is a direct measure of O(a) terms in the chiral Lagrangian, and is found numerically to be large; (2) Numerical results for pionic quantities in the mass plane show the qualitative properties predicted by chiral perturbation theory, in particular an asymmetry in slopes between positive and negative untwisted quark masses; (3) By extending the description of the ``Aoki regime'' (where m_q is of size a^2 Lambda_QCD^3) to next-to-leading order in chiral perturbation theory I show how the phase transition lines and lines of maximal twist (using different definitions) extend into this region, and give predictions for the functional form of pionic quantities; (4) I argue that the recent claim that lattice artifacts at maximal twist have apparent infrared singularities in the chiral limit results from expanding about the incorrect vacuum state. Shifting to the correct vacuum (as can be done using chiral perturbation theory) the apparent singularities are summed into non-singular, and furthermore predicted, forms. I further argue that there is no breakdown in the Symanzik expansion in powers of lattice spacing, and no barrier to simulating at maximal twist in the Aoki regime.
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