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We present new results of our ongoing project toward a precision determination of the kaon $B$ parameter with the Kogut-Susskind quark action in quenched QCD. New results taken at $\beta$=6.4 and $\beta=5.7$ suggest that an apparently linear $a$ dependence of $B_K$ previously observed for $\beta=5.85-6.2$ arises from a change of curvature from convex to concave as the lattice spacing is reduced. Fitting data for $\beta\geq 5.93$ with an $O(a^2)$ form yields $B_K$(NDR,2 GeV)=0.587(7)(17) in the continuum limit. We also describe a finite-size study of $B_K$ at $\beta=$ 6.0 and 6.4, and a reanalysis of the theoretical argument for $O(a^2)$ behavior., Comment: 4 pages incl. 2 figures, Latex+espcrc2+epsf, Talk presented at LATTICE96(poster) by S. Aoki

We present results of a high statistics calculation of hadron masses and meson decay constants in the quenched approximation to lattice QCD with Wilson quarks at β=5.85 and 6.0 on 24^3×54 lattices. We analyze the data paying attention in particular to the systematic errors due to the choice of fitting range and due to the contamination from excited states. We find that the systematic errors for the hadron masses with quarks lighter than the strange quark amount to 1 to 2 times the statistical errors. When the lattice scale is fixed from the ρ meson mass, the masses of the Ω- baryon and the φ meson at two β's agree with experiment within about one standard deviation. On the other hand, the central value of the nucleon mass at β=6.0 (5.85) is larger than its experimental value by about 15% (20%) and that of the Δ mass by about 15% (4%): Even when the systematic errors are included, the baryon masses at β=6.0 do not agree with experiment. Vector meson decay constants at two values of β agree well with each other and are consistent with experiment for a wide range of the quark mass, when we use current renormalization constants determined nonperturbatively by numerical simulations. The pion decay constant agrees with experiment albeit with large errors. Results for the masses of excited states of the ρ meson and the nucleon are also presented.

We present a calculation of the $K\to\pi\pi$ decay amplitudes from the $K\to\pi$ matrix elements using leading order relations derived in chiral perturbation theory. Numerical simulations are carried out in quenched QCD with the domain-wall fermion action and the renormalization group improved gluon action. Our results show that the I=2 amplitude is reasonably consistent with experiment whereas the I=0 amplitude is sizably smaller. Consequently the $\Delta I=1/2$ enhancement is only half of the experimental value, and $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ is negative.

We present an exact dynamical QCD simulation algorithm for the $O(a)$-improved Wilson fermion with odd number of flavors. Our algorithm is an extension of the non-Hermitian polynomials HMC algorithm proposed by Takaishi and de Forcrand previously. In our algorithm, the systematic errors caused by the polynomial approximation of the inverse of Dirac operator is removed by a noisy-Metropolis test. For one flavor quark it is achieved by taking the square root of the correction matrix explicitly. We test our algorithm for the case of $N_f=1+1$ on a moderately large lattice size ($16^3\times48$). The $N_f=2+1$ case is also investigated., Lattice 2001 (algorithm), 3 pages, LaTeX2e with espcrc2.sty

The deconfining finite-temperature transition of SU(3) gauge theory is studied on the dedicated parallel computer QCDPAX. Monte Carlo simulations are performed on 12^2×24×4, 24^2×36×4, 20^3×6, 24^3×6, and 36^2×48×6 lattices with 376 000 to 1 112 000 iterations. The finite size scaling behavior of the first-order transition is confirmed both on the Nt=4 and Nt=6 lattices and clear two-phase structures are observed on spatially large lattices (24^2×36×4 and 36^2×48×6). The latent heat at the deconfining transition is estimated both by a direct measurement of the gap on the spatially large lattices and by applying a finite-size scaling law. The results obtained by these two independent methods are remarkably consistent with each other on both the Nt=4 lattices. The latent heat for Nt=6 is much smaller than that for Nt=4 and is about 1/3 of the Stefan-Boltzmann value 8π2/15. The details of the data and the error analysis are presented.

We present simulation details and results for the light hadron spectrum in N f = 2 + 1 lattice QCD with the nonperturbatively O(a)-improved Wilson quark action and the Iwasaki gauge action. Simulations are carried out at a lattice spacing of 0.09 fm on a (2.9fm)^3 box using the PACS-CS computer. We employ the Luscher's domain-decomposed HMC algorithm with several improvements to reduce the degenerate up-down quark mass toward the physical value. So far the resulting pseudoscalar meson mass is ranging from 702MeV down to 156MeV. We discuss on the stability and the efficiency of the algorithm. The light harden spectrum extrapolated at the physical point is compared with the experimental values. We also present the values of the quark masses and the pseudoscalar meson decay constants., 7 pages, 15 figures, 1 table talk presented at the XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 14-19, 2008, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

We present preliminary results for the light harden spectrum in $N_f=2+1$ lattice QCD obtained with the nonperturbatively $O(a)$-improved Wilson quark action and the Iwasaki gauge action. Simulations are carried out at $\beta=1.90$ on a $32^3 \times 64$ lattice using the PACS-CS computer. We employ L\"uscher's domain-decomposed HMC algorithm to reduce the up-down quark masses toward the physical value. The pseudoscalar meson masses range from 730 MeV down to 210 MeV. We compare the light harden spectrum extrapolated to the physical point with the experimental values., Comment: 7 pages, 11 figures, talk presented at the XXV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 30 - August 4, 2007, Regensburg, Germany

We apply chiral perturbation theory to the pseudoscalar meson mass and decay constant data obtained in the PACS-CS Project toward 2+1 flavor lattice QCD simulations with the O(a)-improved Wilson quarks. We examine the existence of chiral logarithms in the quark mass range from m_{ud}=47 MeV down to 6 MeV on a (2.8 fm)^3 box with the lattice spacing a=0.09 fm. Several low energy constants are determined. We also discuss the magnitude of finite size effects based on chiral perturbation theory., 7 pages, 6 figures, talk presented at the XXV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 30 - August 4 2007, Regensburg, Germany

We report on a study of 2+1 flavor lattice QCD with the $O(a)$-improved Wilson quarks on a $16^3\times 32$ lattice at the lattice spacing $1/a\approx 2$GeV employing Luescher's domain-decomposed HMC(LDDHMC) algorithm. This is dedicated to a preliminary study for the PACS-CS project which plans to complete the Wilson-clover $N_f=2+1$ program lowering the up-down quark masses close to the physical values as much as possible. We focus on three issues: (i) how light quark masses we can reach with LDDHMC, (ii) efficiency of the algorithm compared with the conventional HMC, (iii) parameter choice for the production runs on PACS-CS., 7 pages, talk presented at Lattice2006 (Algorithm), PoS format

We present a study of $B$-parameters for generic $��S=2$ four-quark operators in domain wall QCD. Our calculation covers all the $B$-parameters required to study the neutral kaon mixing in the standard model (SM) and beyond it. We evaluate one-loop renormalization factors of the operators employing the plaquette and Iwasaki gauge actions. Numerical simulations are carried out in quenched QCD with both gauge actions on $16^3\times 32\times 16$ and $24^3\times 32\times 16$ at the lattice spacing $1/a\approx 2$GeV. We investigate the relative magnitudes of the non-SM $B$-parameters to the SM one, which are compared with the previous results obtained with the overlap and the clover quark actions., 7 pages, talk presented at Lattice2006 (Electroweak Decays and Mixing), PoS format

Several topics concerning the light hadron spectrum are discussed. Flavor symmetry breaking effects and the problem of quenched chiral logarithm are examined with pion mass data for the Kogut-Susskind quark action, and light meson decay constants for the Wilson action calculated with non-perturbative renormalization constants are discussed. Results for quark masses are also given both for the Kogut-Susskind and Wilson actions., 3 pages, latex, 5 figures, Talk presented at LATTICE96(spectrum), reference corrected

We propose a non-perturbative method to determine the mixing coefficients of $\Delta s=2$ four-quark operators for the Wilson quark action using chiral Ward identities. The method is applied to calculate B_K in quenched QCD., Comment: 3 pages including 3 figures, Talk presented at LATTICE96(phenomenology) by Y. Kuramashi

We explore the problems in calculating the decay constant for heavy-light mesons using the quenched Wilson quark action for both heavy and light quarks. We find that the continuum limit of the decay constant is reasonably converged among different prescriptions after the continuum limit is taken. A number of technical problems associated with prescriptions are also addressed., Comment: 3 pages including 5 figures, Talk presented at LATTICE96(heavy quarks) by S. Hashimoto

We calculate charmed meson spectra and decay constants in lattice QCD employing one-loop $O(a)$ improved heavy quark action and axial-vector currents. In quenched simulations at $a \sim 0.1$ fm with the plaquette gauge action as well as a renormalization-group improved one, it is shown that the deviation from the continuum dispersion relation and the violation of space-time symmetry for the pseudoscalar meson decay constants are substantially reduced, once the $O(a)$ improvement is applied. Preliminary results with two flavors of dynamical quarks are also presented., Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure, talk presented at Lattice2004(heavy), Fermilab, June 21-26, 2004

By using photonic crystal cavity designs, we have defined ultra-small lasers for optical switching and spectroscopy. Here we describe the design, fabrication, and characterization of these nanocavity lasers.

We present an unquenched lattice calculation for the B0-anti-B0 transition amplitude. The calculation, carried out at an inverse lattice spacing 1/a=2.22(4)GeV, incorporates two flavors of dynamical quarks described by the O(a)-improved Wilson fermion action and heavy quarks described by nonrelativistic QCD. Particular attention is paid to the uncertainty that arises from the chiral extrapolation, especially the effect of pion loops, for light quarks, which we find could be sizable for the leptonic decay constant, whereas it is small for the B parameters. We obtain fBd=191(10)(+12-22)MeV, fBs/fBd=1.13(3)(+13-2), BBd(mb)=0.836(27)(+56-62), BBs/BBd=1.017(16)(+56-17), and ξ=1.14(3)(+13-2), where the first error is statistical, and the second is systematic, including uncertainties due to chiral extrapolation, finite lattice spacing, heavy quark expansion, and perturbative operator matching.

We present a polynomial Hybrid Monte Carlo (PHMC) algorithm as an exact simulation algorithm with dynamical Kogut-Susskind fermions. The algorithm uses a Hermitian polynomial approximation for the fractional power of the KS fermion matrix. The systematic error from the polynomial approximation is removed by the Kennedy-Kuti noisy Metropolis test so that the algorithm becomes exact at a finite molecular dynamics step size. We performed numerical tests with $N_f$$=$2 case on several lattice sizes. We found that the PHMC algorithm works on a moderately large lattice of $16^4$ at $\beta$$=$5.7, $m$$=$0.02 ($m_{\mathrm{PS}}/m_{\mathrm{V}}$$\sim$0.69) with a reasonable computational time., Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, Lattice2002(algor)

We report on our study of two-flavor full QCD on anisotropic lattices using $O(a)$-improved Wilson quarks coupled with an RG-improved glue. The bare gauge and quark anisotropies corresponding to the renormalized anisotropy $\xi=a_s/a_t = 2$ are determined as functions of $\beta$ and $\kappa$, which covers the region of spatial lattice spacings $a_s\approx 0.28$--0.16 fm and $m_{PS}/m_V\approx 0.6$--0.9. The calibrations of the bare anisotropies are performed with the Wilson loop and the meson dispersion relation at 4 lattice cutoffs and 5--6 quark masses. Using the calibration results we calculate the meson mass spectrum and the Sommer scale $r_0$. We confirm that the values of $r_0$ calculated for the calibration using pseudo scalar and vector meson energy momentum dispersion relation coincide in the continuum limit within errors. This work serves to lay ground toward studies of heavy quark systems and thermodynamics of QCD including the extraction of the equation of state in the continuum limit using Wilson-type quark actions., Comment: 16 pages, 23 figures, Version accepted for publication in Physical Review D

We present results of a numerical calculation of lattice QCD with two degenerate flavors of dynamical quarks, identified with up and down quarks, and with a strange quark treated in the quenched approximation. The lattice action and simulation parameters are chosen with a view to carrying out an extrapolation to the continuum limit as well as chiral extrapolations. Gauge configurations are generated with a renormalization-group improved gauge action and a mean field improved clover quark action at three values of $\beta$ and four sea quark masses. The sizes of lattice are chosen so that the physical spatial size is kept constant. Hadron masses, light quark masses and meson decay constants are measured at five valence quark masses. We also carry out complementary quenched simulations with the same improved actions. The quenched spectrum from this analysis agrees well in the continuum limit with the one of our earlier work using the standard action. We find the two-flavor full QCD meson masses in the continuum limit to be much closer to experimental meson masses than those from quenched QCD. We take these results as manifestations of sea quark effects in two-flavor full QCD. For baryon masses full QCD values for strange baryons are in agreement with experiment, while they differ increasingly with decreasing strange quark content, resulting in a nucleon mass higher than experiment. The pattern suggests finite size effects as a possible origin for this deviation. For light quark masses in the continuum limit we obtain values which are reduced by about 25% compared to the values in quenched QCD. We also present results for decay constants where large scaling violations obstruct a continuum extrapolation. Need for a non-perturbative estimate of renormalization factors is discussed., Comment: RevTeX, 65 pages, 42 figures

We formulate and numerically test the Schr\"odinger functional scheme for domain-wall QCD. We then apply it to a non-perturbative calculation of the renormalization factors for vector and axial-vector currents in quenched domain-wall QCD with plaquette and renormalization group improved gauge actions at $a^{-1}\simeq 2$ GeV., Comment: Lattice2001(improvement), LaTex(espcrc2.sty), 3 pages, 5 eps figures

Finite temperature SU(3) gauge theory is studied on anisotropic lattices using the standard plaquette gauge action. The equation of state is calculated on $16^{3} \times 8$, $20^{3} \times 10$ and $24^{3} \times 12$ lattices with the anisotropy $\xi \equiv a_s / a_t = 2$, where $a_s$ and $a_t$ are the spatial and temporal lattice spacings. Unlike the case of the isotropic lattice on which $N_t=4$ data deviate significantly from the leading scaling behavior, the pressure and energy density on an anisotropic lattice are found to satisfy well the leading $1/N_t^2$ scaling from our coarsest lattice, $N_t/\xi=4$. With three data points at $N_t/\xi=4$, 5 and 6, we perform a well controlled continuum extrapolation of the equation of state. Our results in the continuum limit agree with a previous result from isotropic lattices using the same action, but have smaller and more reliable errors., Comment: RevTeX, 21 pages, 17 PS figures. A quantitative test about the benefit of anisotropic lattices added, minor errors corrected. Final version for PRD

We present a study of the topological susceptibility in lattice QCD with two degenerate flavors of dynamical quarks. The topological charge is measured on gauge configurations generated with a renormalization group improved gauge action and a mean field improved clover quark action at three values of $\beta=6/g^2$, corresponding to lattice spacings of $a \approx 0.22$, 0.16 and 0.11 fm, with four sea quark masses at each $\beta$. The study is supplemented by simulations of pure SU(3) gauge theory with the same gauge action at 5 values of $\beta$ with lattice spacings 0.09 fm$\simlt a \simlt$0.27 fm. We employ a field theoretic definition of the topological charge together with cooling. For the topological susceptibility in the continuum limit of pure SU(3) gauge theory we obtain $\chi_t^{1/4} = 197^{+13}_{-16}$ MeV where the error shows statistical and systematic ones added in quadrature. In full QCD $\chi_t$ at heavy sea quark masses is consistent with that of pure SU(3) gauge theory. A decrease of $\chi_t$ toward light quark masses, as predicted by the anomalous Ward-Takahashi identity for U(1) chiral symmetry, becomes clearer for smaller lattice spacings. The cross-over in the behavior of $\chi_t$ from heavy to light sea quark masses is discussed., Comment: RevTeX, 17 pages, 10 figures

We present a dynamical lattice calculation with 2 flavours for bottomonium states with an additional gluonic excitation. Using improved actions for the quarks and gauge fields at a lattice spacing of $a \approx 0.1$ fm, we find 10.977(61)(62) GeV for the energy of the lowest lying $b\bar bg$-hybrid, where the first error is statistical and the second denotes the systematic uncertainty due to the determination of scale. In a parallel quenched simulation we demonstrate explicitly that vacuum polarisation effects are less than 10% of the splitting with the ground state., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, minor corrections and added references

We present a study of leptonic $B$ meson decay constants in lattice QCD with two flavors ($N_f=2$) of light dynamical quarks using NRQCD for the heavy quark. Gauge configurations are generated with a renormalization-group improved gauge action and a meanfield-improved clover light quark action. Measurements are carried out at two values of $\beta=6/g^2$, each for four sea quark masses, corresponding to the inverse lattice spacing $a^{-1}\approx 1.3$ and 1.8 GeV in the chiral limit of sea quark. The continuum values of the decay constants are derived by evaluating the discretization errors at each finite lattice spacing. We find $f_B^{N_f=2}=204(8)(29)(+44) $ MeV, $f_{B_s}^{N_f=2} = 242(9)(34)(+38)$ MeV, and $f_{B_s}^{N_f=2}/f_B^{N_f=2} = 1.179(18)(23)$, where the errors listed are statistical, systematic and uncertainty due to choice of the physical quantity used to fix the scale. Comparison is made to quenched results ($N_f=0$) obtained with the same action combination and matching lattice spacings. We find $f_B^{N_f=2}/f_B^{N_f=0}=1.07(5)$, $f_{B_s}^{N_f=2}/f_{B_s}^{N_f=0}=1.10(5)$ and $(f_{B_s}/f_B)^{N_f=2}/(f_{B_s}/f_B)^{N_f=0}=1.03(2)$, which indicates a 5--10% increase in the values of the decay constants, but no appreciable change in the ratio $f_{B_s}/f_B$, due to sea quarks., Comment: 37 pages, 16 Postscript figures; version to appear in Phys. Rev. D

We present a calculation of the B and D meson decay constants in lattice QCD with two (Nf=2) flavours of light dynamical quarks, using an O(a)-improved Wilson action for both light and heavy quarks and a renormalization-group improved gauge action. Simulations are made at three values of lattice spacing a=0.22, 0.16, 0.11 fm and four values of sea quark mass in the range m_PS/m_V \~= 0.8-0.6. Our estimate for the continuum values of the decay constants are fBd = 208(10)(11) MeV, fBs = 250(10)(13)(^{+8}_{-0}) MeV, fDd = 225(14)(14) MeV, fDs = 267(13)(17)(^{+10}_{-0}) MeV for Nf=2 where the statistical and systematic errors are separately listed, and the third error for fBs and fDs show uncertainty of determination of strange quark mass. We also carry out a set of quenched simulations using the same action to make a direct examination of sea quark effects. Taking the ratio of results for Nf=2 and Nf=0, we obtain fb^{Nf=2}/fb^{Nf=0} = 1.11(6), fbs^{Nf=2}/fbs^{Nf=0} = 1.14(5), fd^{Nf=2}/\fd^{Nf=0} = 1.03(6), fds^{Nf=2}/\fds^{Nf=0} = 1.07(5). They show a 10-15% increase in the Nf=2 results over those of Nf=0 for the B meson decay constants, while evidence for such a trend is statistically less clear for the D meson decay constants., Comment: Latex 2.09 with PRD style files and epsf, 40 pages, 22 figures

We formulate and numerically test the Schr��dinger functional scheme for domain-wall QCD. We then apply it to a non-perturbative calculation of the renormalization factors for vector and axial-vector currents in quenched domain-wall QCD with plaquette and renormalization group improved gauge actions at $a^{-1}\simeq 2$ GeV., Lattice2001(improvement), LaTex(espcrc2.sty), 3 pages, 5 eps figures

We present a lattice QCD calculation of $B\to ��l ��$ semileptonic decay form factors in the small pion recoil momentum region. The calculation is performed on a quenched $16^3 \times 48$ lattice at $��=5.9$ with the NRQCD action including the full 1/M terms. The form factors $f_1(v\cdot k_��)$ and $f_2(v\cdot k_��)$ defined in the heavy quark effective theory for which the heavy quark scaling is manifest are adpoted, and we find that the 1/M correction to the scaling is small for the $B$ meson. The dependence of form factors on the light quark mass and on the recoil energy is found to be mild, and we use a global fit of the form factors at various quark masses and recoil energies to obtain model independent results for the physical differential decay rate. We find that the $B^*$ pole contribution dominates the form factor $f^+(q^2)$ for small pion recoil energy, and obtain the differential decay rate integrated over the kinematic region $q^2 >$ 18 GeV$^2$ to be $|V_{ub}|^2 \times (1.18 \pm 0.37 \pm 0.08 \pm 0.31)$ psec$^{-1}$, where the first error is statistical, the second is that from perturbative calculation, and the third is the systematic error from finite lattice spacing and the chiral extrapolation. We also discuss the systematic errors in the soft pion limit for $f^0(q^2_{max})$ in the present simulation., 40pages, LaTeX, 14 figures

We explore application of the domain wall fermion formalism of lattice QCD to calculate the $K\to����$ decay amplitudes in terms of the $K\to��$ and $K\to 0$ hadronic matrix elements through relations derived in chiral perturbation theory. Numerical simulations are carried out in quenched QCD using domain-wall fermion action for quarks and an RG-improved gauge action for gluons on a $16^3\times 32\times 16$ and $24^3\times 32\times 16$ lattice at $��=2.6$ corresponding to the lattice spacing $1/a\approx 2$GeV. Quark loop contractions which appear in Penguin diagrams are calculated by the random noise method, and the $��I=1/2$ matrix elements which require subtractions with the quark loop contractions are obtained with a statistical accuracy of about 10%. We confirm the chiral properties required of the $K\to��$ matrix elements. Matching the lattice matrix elements to those in the continuum at $��=1/a$ using the perturbative renormalization factor to one loop order, and running to the scale $��=m_c=1.3$ GeV with the renormalization group for $N_f=3$ flavors, we calculate all the matrix elements needed for the decay amplitudes. With these matrix elements, the $��I=3/2$ decay amplitude shows a good agreement with experiment in the chiral limit. The $��I=1/2$ amplitude, on the other hand, is about 50--60% of the experimental one even after chiral extrapolation. In view ofthe insufficient enhancement of the $��I=1/2$ contribution, we employ the experimental values for the real parts of the decay amplitudes in our calculation of $��'/��$. We find that the $��I=3/2$ contribution is larger than the $��I=1/2$ contribution so that $��'/��$ is negative and has a magnitude of order $10^{-4}$. Possible reasons for these unsatisfactory results are discussed., 48 pages, final version to appear in Physical Review D

We present results for light quark masses from a systematic lattice QCD study with two degenerate flavors of dynamical quarks. Simulations are made with a renormalization-group improved gauge action and a mean-field improved clover quark action for sea quark masses corresponding to $m_{\rm PS}/m_{\rm V} \approx 0.8$--0.6 and the lattice spacing $a=0.22$--0.11 fm. In the continuum limit we find $m_{ud}^{\bar{MS}}(2 {\rm GeV})=3.44^{+0.14}_{-0.22}$ MeV using the $\pi$ and $\rho$ meson masses as physical input, and $m_s^{\bar{MS}}(2 {\rm GeV})=88^{+4}_{-6}$ MeV or $90^{+5}_{-11}$ MeV with the $K$ or $\phi$ meson mass as additional input. The quoted errors represent statistical and systematic combined, the latter including those from continuum and chiral extrapolations, and from renormalization factors. Compared to quenched results, two flavors of dynamical quarks reduce quark masses by about 25%., Comment: 4 pages, revtex, 3 eps figures. Double statistics at beta=2.1, error estimates elaborated. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

We report results on semileptonic B ---> pilepton anti-neutrino decay form factors near qmax[2] using NRQCD heavy quark and clover light quark actions and currents improved through O(αa). An inconsistency with the soft pion relation f[0] (qmax[2] = fB / fπ found in a previous work is confirmed, and a possible solution with nonperturbative renormalization is discussed. We find that f+(q[2]) is well described by the B* pole near qmax[2], and its 1/MB scaling is also consistent with the prediction of the pole dominance model.

We present our study on $B \to ��l ��$ semileptonic decay form factors with NRQCD action for heavy quark from a quenched lattice QCD simulation at $��$=5.9 on a $16^3\times 48$ lattice. We obtain form factors defined in the context of heavy quark effective theory by Burdman et al. and find that their $1/m_B$ correction is small. The limit of physical heavy and light quark masses can be performed without introducing any model function, and we obtain a prediction for the differential decay rate $d��/dq^2$. We also discuss the soft pion limit of the form factors., Lattice 2000, 4 pages, 4 figures, Latex

We investigate effects of action improvement on the light hadron spectrum and the static quark potential in two-flavor QCD for $a^{-1} \approx 1$ GeV and $m_{PS}/m_V = 0.7-0.9$. We compare a renormalization group improved action with the plaquette action for gluons, and the SW-clover action with the Wilson action for quarks. We find a significant improvement in the hadron spectrum by improving the quark action, while the gluon improvement is crucial for a rotationally invariant static potential. We also explore the region of light quark masses corresponding to $m_{PS}/m_V \geq 0.4$ on a 2.7 fm lattice using the improved gauge and quark action. A flattening of the potential is not observed up to 2 fm., Comment: LaTeX, 35 pages, 22 eps figures, uses revtex and epsf

We present results of a large-scale simulation for the flavor non-singlet light hadron spectrum in quenched lattice QCD with the Wilson quark action. Hadron masses are calculated at four values of lattice spacing in the range $a \approx$ 0.1 - 0.05 fm on lattices with a physical extent of 3 fm at five quark masses corresponding to $m_\pi/m_\rho \approx 0.75$ - 0.4. The calculated spectrum in the continuum limit shows a systematic deviation from experiment, though the magnitude of deviation is contained within 11%. Results for decay constants and light quark masses are also reported., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, revtex

We present results on an analysis of the decay constants f_B and f_Bs with two flavours of sea quark. The calculation has been carried out on 3 different bare gauge couplings and 4 sea quark masses at each gauge coupling, with m_pi/m_rho ranging from 0.8 to 0.6. We employ the Fermilab formalism to perform calculations with heavy quarks whose mass is in the range of the b-quark. A detailed comparison with a quenched calculation using the same action is made to elucidate the effects due to the sea quarks., Comment: Contribution to Lattice 99 (Heavy Quarks). Latex file, uses espcrc2.sty and epsf.sty. 3 pages, 3 encapsulated postscript figures

We report the final results of the CP-PACS calculation for the quenched light hadron spectrum with the Wilson quark action. Our data support the presence of quenched chiral singularities, and this motivates us to use mass formulae based on quenched chiral perturbation theory in order to extrapolate hadron masses to the physical point. Hadron masses and decay constants in the continuum limit show unambiguous systematic deviations from experiment. We also report the results for light quark masses., LATTICE98(spectrum). The poster at Lattice98 can be obtained from http://www.rccp.tsukuba.ac.jp/people/yoshie/Lat98.Poster/

A new study is reported of a lattice QCD calculation of the $K^+\to��^+ ��^0 $ decay amplitude with the Wilson quark action in the quenched approximation at $��=6.1$. The amplitude is extracted from the $K\to����$ Green function, and a conversion to the continuum value is made employing a recent one-loop calculation of chiral perturbation theory. The result is consistent with the experimental value if extrapolated to the chiral limit., LaTeX, 3 pages, 3 figures, uses espcrc2 and epsfig. Talk presented at Lattice '97, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1997