Published January 31, 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

A high statistics lattice calculation of fB in the static limit on APE

  • 1. INFN, Sezione di Roma (Italy)
  • 2. Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. di Roma ''La Sapienza'', Rome (Italy)
  • 3. Ecole Normale Superieure, 75 - Paris (France). Lab. de Physique Theorique
  • 4. INFN, Sezione di Roma 2 (Italy)
  • 5. Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. di Roma ''Tor Vergata'', Rome (Italy)
  • 6. INFN, Sezione di Pisa (Italy)

Description

We present a high statistics calculation of fB in the static limit. The results have been obtained by numerical simulation of quenched QCD, at β 6.0 on a 183 x 32 lattice. We compare fB calculated by using the Wilson and the Clover quark actions. The decay constant is obtained by studying heavy-light correlation functions of different smeared operators, on a sample of 210 gauge field configurations. We find that cubic smearings of size Ls≤3 ot Ls≥9 are bad projectors on the lightest pseudoscalar state. Combining the information coming from smearing Ls = 5 and Ls = 7, we have obtained fB = 370±40 MeV in the Clover case and fB = 350±40±30 MeV in the Wilson case. Our results support a large value of the pseudoscalar decay constant in the static approximation. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
413
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 461-480.
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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Collaborations
APE Collaboration.