Estimating $$\chi _\mathrm {top}$$ χtop lattice artifacts from flowed SU(2) calorons

Abstract Lattice computations of the high-temperature topological susceptibility of QCD receive lattice-spacing corrections and suffer from systematics arising from the type and depth of gradient flow. We study the lattice spacing corrections to $$\chi _\mathrm {top}$$ χtop semi-analytically by expl...

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Main Authors: P. Thomas Jahn, Guy. D. Moore, Daniel Robaina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-06-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7008-9
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Summary:Abstract Lattice computations of the high-temperature topological susceptibility of QCD receive lattice-spacing corrections and suffer from systematics arising from the type and depth of gradient flow. We study the lattice spacing corrections to $$\chi _\mathrm {top}$$ χtop semi-analytically by exploring the behavior of discretized Harrington–Shepard calorons under the action of different forms of gradient flow. From our study we conclude that $$N_\tau = 6$$ Nτ=6 is definitely too small of a time extent to study the theory at temperatures of order $$4~T_\mathrm {c}$$ 4Tc and we explore how the amount of gradient flow influences the continuum extrapolation.
ISSN:1434-6044
1434-6052