Topological susceptibility with the improved Asqtad action

Details Topological susceptibility with the improved Asqtad action Topological susceptibility with the improved Asqtad action

2003-08-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0308019v2

Phys.Rev.D68:114501,2003

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Lattice

22 pp., 9 figs., submitted to Phys. Rev. D; rearranged text, updated references, reworded interpretation

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.68.114501

Chiral perturbation theory predicts that in quantum chromodymamics light dynamical quarks suppress the topological (instanton) susceptibility. We investigate this suppression through direct numerical simulation using the Asqtad improved lattice fermion action. This action holds promise for carrying out nonperturbative simulations over a range of quark masses for which chiral perturbation theory is expected to converge. To test the effectiveness of the action in capturing instanton physics, we measure the topological susceptibility as a function of quark masses with 2+1 dynamical flavors. Our results, when extrapolated to zero lattice spacing, are consistent with predictions of leading order chiral perturbation theory. Included in our study is a comparison of three methods for analyzing the topological susceptibility: (1) the Boulder hypercubic blocking technique with the Boulder topological charge operator, (2) the more traditional Wilson cooling method with the twisted plaquette topological charge operator and (3) the improved cooling method of de Forcrand, Perez, and Stamatescu and their improved topological charge operator.

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