Lattice artifacts of local fermion bilinears up to $$\text {O}(\text {a}^2)$$

Abstract Recently the asymptotic lattice spacing dependence of spectral quantities in lattice QCD has been computed to $$\textrm{O}(a^2)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>O</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> using Symanzik Effective theory (Husung et al. in Phys Lett B 829:137069, 2022; Husung in Eur Phys J C 83:142, 2023). Here, we extend these results to matrix elements and correlators of local fermion bilinears, namely the scalar, pseudo-scalar, vector, axial-vector, and tensor. This resembles the typical current insertions for the effective Hamiltonian of electro-weak or BSM contributions, but is only a small fraction of the local fields typically considered. We again restrict considerations to lattice QCD actions with Wilson or Ginsparg–Wilson quarks and thus lattice formulations of QCD without flavour-changing interactions realising at least $$\textrm{SU}(N_{\textrm{f}})_\textrm{V}\times \textrm{SU}(N_{\textrm{b}}|N_{\textrm{b}})_\textrm{V}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>SU</mml:mtext> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>f</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mtext>SU</mml:mtext> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>b</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>b</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> flavour symmetries for $$N_{\textrm{f}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>f</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> sea-quarks and $$N_{\textrm{b}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>b</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> quenched valence-quarks respectively in the massless limit. Overall we find only few cases $${\hat{\Gamma }}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mover> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>^</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:math> , which worsen the asymptotic lattice spacing dependence $$a^n[2b_0{\bar{g}}^2(1/a)]^{{\hat{\Gamma }}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mover> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>¯</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mover> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mover> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>^</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> compared to the classically expected $$a^n$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:math> -scaling. Other than for trivial flavour quantum numbers, only the axial-vector and much milder the tensor may cause some problems at $$\textrm{O}(a)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>O</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , strongly suggesting to use at least tree-level Symanzik improvement of those local fields.

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The European Physical Journal C
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2025-04-17
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13825-7
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Lattice artifacts of local fermion bilinears up to $$\text {O}(\text {a}^2)$$

Nikolai Husung
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The European Physical Journal C
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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Lattice artifacts of local fermion bilinears up to $$\text {O}(\text {a}^2)$$

Nikolai Husung
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Abstract Recently the asymptotic lattice spacing dependence of spectral quantities in lattice QCD has been computed to $$\textrm{O}(a^2)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>O</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> using Symanzik Effective theory (Husung et al. in Phys Lett B 829:137069, 2022; Husung in Eur Phys J C 83:142, 2023). Here, we extend these results to matrix elements and correlators of local fermion bilinears, namely the scalar, pseudo-scalar, vector, axial-vector, and tensor. This resembles the typical current insertions for the effective Hamiltonian of electro-weak or BSM contributions, but is only a small fraction of the local fields typically considered. We again restrict considerations to lattice QCD actions with Wilson or Ginsparg–Wilson quarks and thus lattice formulations of QCD without flavour-changing interactions realising at least $$\textrm{SU}(N_{\textrm{f}})_\textrm{V}\times \textrm{SU}(N_{\textrm{b}}|N_{\textrm{b}})_\textrm{V}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>SU</mml:mtext> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>f</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mtext>SU</mml:mtext> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>b</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>b</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> flavour symmetries for $$N_{\textrm{f}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>f</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> sea-quarks and $$N_{\textrm{b}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>b</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> quenched valence-quarks respectively in the massless limit. Overall we find only few cases $${\hat{\Gamma }}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mover> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>^</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:math> , which worsen the asymptotic lattice spacing dependence $$a^n[2b_0{\bar{g}}^2(1/a)]^{{\hat{\Gamma }}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mover> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>¯</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mover> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mover> <mml:mi>Γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>^</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> compared to the classically expected $$a^n$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:math> -scaling. Other than for trivial flavour quantum numbers, only the axial-vector and much milder the tensor may cause some problems at $$\textrm{O}(a)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>O</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , strongly suggesting to use at least tree-level Symanzik improvement of those local fields.

The European Physical Journal CVol. 85(4)
University of Southampton (GB), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES)
Strong, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Agencia Estatal de Investigación
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Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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