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Meson spectroscopy with derivative quark sources

Christof Gattringer·Leonid Ya. Glozman·C. B. Lang·Daniel Mohler·Sasa Prelovsek
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We present results for masses of light mesons obtained with the variational method using an enhanced basis of interpolating field operators with different quark smearings. The interpolators are constructed from Jacobi-smeared quarks of a Gaussian type as well as from derivative quark sources obtained by a covariant derivative acting on the Gaussian sources. For our analysis we use quenched gauge configurations with Chirally Improved quarks and the Luescher-Weisz gauge action on a 16^3 x 32 lattice with a = 0.148 fm. We discuss the influence of derivative sources on the overlap with excited states.

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Christof Gattringer, Leonid Ya. Glozman, C. B. Lang, Daniel Mohler, Sasa Prelovsek. 2007-09-27. Meson spectroscopy with derivative quark sources. https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.4456

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