1. Determination of the Lambda parameter from full lattice QCD
- Author
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M. Göckeler, Roger Horsley, H. Stüben, Alan C. Irving, Dirk Pleiter, Paul E.L. Rakow, and Gerrit Schierholz
- Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,strong interaction [coupling constant] ,High Energy Physics::Lattice ,SU(3) [gauge field theory] ,Lattice field theory ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Quenched approximation ,Lambda ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,High Energy Physics - Lattice ,Lattice gauge theory ,ddc:530 ,continuum limit ,lattice field theory [fermion] ,Physics ,Quantum chromodynamics ,Coupling constant ,beta function [renormalization] ,High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,Monte Carlo [numerical calculations] ,Fermion ,Lattice QCD ,Lambda parameter ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,quenching [approximation] ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,2 [flavor] - Abstract
We present a determination of the QCD parameter Lambda in the quenched approximation (n_f=0) and for two flavours (n_f=2) of light dynamical quarks. The calculations are performed on the lattice using O(a) improved Wilson fermions and include taking the continuum limit. We find Lambda_{n_f=0} = 259(1)(20) MeV and Lambda_{n_f=2} = 261(17)(26) MeV}, using r_0 = 0.467 fm to set the scale. Extrapolating our results to five flavours, we obtain for the running coupling constant at the mass of the Z boson alpha_s(m_Z) = 0.112(1)(2). All numbers refer to the MSbar scheme., 25 pages, 9 figures
- Published
- 2006