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Boundary effects and hadron masses in lattice QCD

  • G. Martinelli*
  • , G. Parisi
  • , R. Petronzio
  • , F. Rapuano
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A relevant contribution to the large fluctuations of hadron masses present in lattice calculations with periodic boundary conditions is due to unphysical quark paths which are absent in the infinite volume limit. We show that these contributions can be eliminated by averaging over possible rotations of the boundary links by the elements of the Z(3) subgroup. In this way the "effective" volume for these paths is triplicated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)283-286
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume122
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Mar 1983
Externally publishedYes

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