We report on a high statistics lattice QCD calculation of the mass of the eta and eta' mesons using ASQTAD improved staggered fermions. The calculation used two ensembles with different lattice spacings and pion masses. We also report results for eta-eta' mixing. The results are in satisfactory agreement with other lattice calculations using other fermion formulations and with experiment, given the the unphysical quark masses used. We see no evidence of abnormal behaviour at the lattice spacings studied.
@article{arxiv.1112.4384,
title = {A study of the eta and eta' mesons with improved staggered fermions},
author = {Eric B. Gregory and Alan C. Irving and Christopher M. Richards and Craig McNeile},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4384},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
10 pages, 10 figures; replacing with published version (1 figure and some discussion added; typos corrected)