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Testing m(up)=0 on the Lattice

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2010-02-03 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

A massless up quark is an intriguing solution to the strong CP problem. We discuss how lattice computations can be used in conjunction with chiral perturbation theory to address the consistency of mu=0m_u=0 with the observed hadron spectrum and interactions. It is not necessary to simulate very light quarks-three flavor partially quenched computations with comparable sea and valence quark masses on the order of the strange quark mass could suffice.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9909091,
  title  = {Testing m(up)=0 on the Lattice},
  author = {Andrew G. Cohen and David B. Kaplan and Ann E. Nelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9909091},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

20 pages, corrected equations, added refs

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