Speaker
Stefano Lottini
(D)
Description
We investigate the behaviour of the pion decay constant and the pion mass in two-flavour lattice QCD, with the physical and chiral points as ultimate goal. Measurements come from the ensembles generated by the CLS initiative using the O(a)-improved Wilson formulation, with lattice spacing down to about 0.05 fermi and pion masses as low as 190 MeV. The applicability of SU(2) chiral perturbation theory is investigated, and various functional forms, and their range of validity, are compared. Among the studied observables are also some related to a third, heavier valence quark (``strange''), which enables examination of kaon-related observables.
Primary author
Stefano Lottini
(D)
