Convergence of the chiral expansion for the nucleon mass

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1 August 2006

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-lat/0608002

Abstract

A number of papers recently have used fourth-order chiral perturbation theory to extrapolate lattice data for the nucleon mass; the process seems surprisingly successful even for large pion masses. This paper shows that the inclusion of the fifth-order terms spoils the agreement.

Keywords

PERTURBATION THEORY
CHIRAL PERTURBATION
CHIRAL EXPANSION
ORDER CHIRAL
NUCLEON MASS
TERMS SPOILS
USED FOURTH
LATTICE

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Version 1, 2006-08-01, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review D, 74 (9), 097501.

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