Published April 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Meson-baryon scattering lengths from mixed-action lattice QCD

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824-3568 (United States)
  • 2. Jefferson Laboratory, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795 (United States)
  • 4. N Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551 (United States)
  • 5. Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Materia and Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 6. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560 (United States)

Description

The π+Σ+, π+Ξ0, K+p, K+n, and K0Ξ0 scattering lengths are calculated in mixed-action Lattice QCD with domain-wall valence quarks on the asqtad-improved coarse MILC configurations at four light-quark masses, and at two light-quark masses on the fine MILC configurations. Heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory with two and three flavors of light quarks is used to perform the chiral extrapolations. To the order we work in the three-flavor chiral expansion, the kaon-baryon processes that we investigate show no signs of convergence. Using the two-flavor chiral expansion for extrapolation, the pion-hyperon scattering lengths are found to be aπ+Σ+=-0.197±0.017 fm, and aπ+Ξ0=-0.098±0.017 fm, where the comprehensive error includes statistical and systematic uncertainties.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 074506-074506.18
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Notes
(c) 2010 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
NPLQCD Collaboration