Precision physics from the lattice : calculation of the hadron spectrum, quark masses and kaon bag parameter / Autor: Thorsten Kurth. 2011
Inhalt
- Introduction
- Theoretical Overview
- The standard model
- Quantum field theoretical formulation of QCD and renormalization
- Chiral symmetry
- Quantum theory of QCD
- Topology
- Renormalization
- Chiral perturbation theory
- Neutral kaon mixing and bag parameter BK
- Lattice discretization of QCD
- Actions
- Topological charge
- Smearing
- Algorithms
- Error treatment
- Spectroscopy
- The ratio-difference-method
- Matrix elements of four-fermion operators on the lattice
- Non-perturbative renormalization
- Scaling and stability tests
- Stability and locality of smeared actions
- Scaling tests
- Scaling of Nf=3 hadron masses
- Scaling of quenched quark masses
- Scaling of quenched kaon bag parameter BK
- Finite volume effects
- Chiral behaviour
- Summary and conclusions
- Physical quantities from 2+1 dynamical flavours
- Hadron spectrum
- Details of the simulations
- Approaching the physical mass point and the continuum limit
- Analysis of statistical and systematic errors
- Results and discussion
- Quark masses
- Simulation details and scale setting
- Non-perturbative renormalization of quark masses
- Removing the degeneracy from mud
- Treatment of statistical and systematic errors
- Summary
- Kaon bag parameter BK
- Summary and Outlook
- Notation
- The Sommer parameter r0
- Gauge fixing
- Remarks on diagrammatic K0-0 mixing
- Calculations and proofs for lattice techniques
- Bibliography