Tuning Fermilab heavy quarks in 2+1 flavor lattice QCD with application to hyperfine splittings

C. Bernard, C. Detar, M. Di Pierro, A. X. El-Khadra, R. T. Evans, E. D. Freeland, E. Gámiz, Steven Gottlieb, U. M. Heller, J. E. Hetrick, A. S. Kronfeld, J. Laiho, L. Levkova, P. B. MacKenzie, J. N. Simone, R. Sugar, D. Toussaint, R. S. Van De Water

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Abstract

We report the nonperturbative tuning of parameters-κc, κb, and κcrit-that are related to the bare heavy-quark mass in the Fermilab action. This requires the computation of the masses of Ds(*) and Bs(*) mesons comprised of a Fermilab heavy quark and a staggered light quark. Additionally, we report the hyperfine splittings for Ds(*) and Bs(*) mesons as a cross-check of our simulation and analysis methods. We find a splitting of 145±15MeV for the Ds system and 40±9MeV for the Bs system. These are in good agreement with the Particle Data Group average values of 143.9±0.4MeV and 46.1±1.5MeV, respectively. The calculations are carried out with the MILC 2+1 flavor gauge configurations at three lattice spacings a0.15, 0.12, and 0.09 fm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number034503
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume83
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 23 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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