Publications (210)
Right-handed currents in rare exclusive B -> (K, K*) nu bar{nu} decays
D. Melikhov, N. Nikitin, S. Simula
The effects of possible right-handed weak hadronic currents in rare exclusive semileptonic decays B -> (K, K*) nu bar{nu} are investigated using a lattice-constrained dispersion qu…
The nucleon Drell-Hearn-Gerasimov sum rule within a relativistic constituent quark model
F. Cardarelli, B. Pasquini, S. Simula
The Drell-Hearn-Gerasimov sum rule for the nucleon is investigated within a relativistic constituent quark model formulated on the light-front. The contribution of the N - Delta(12…
Renormalisation of quark bilinears with Nf=2 Wilson fermions and tree-level improved gauge action
P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti, G. Herdoiza +4
We present results for the renormalisation constants of bilinear quark operators, using the Nf=2 twisted mass Wilson action at maximal twist (which guarantees automatic O(a) improv…
Lattice calculation of the meson radiative form factors over the full kinematical range
R. Frezzotti, G. Gagliardi, V. Lubicz +6
We compute the structure-dependent axial and vector form factors for the radiative leptonic decays , where is a charged lepton, as functions of the ene…
Lattice study of semileptonic form factors with twisted boundary conditions
D. Guadagnoli, F. Mescia, S. Simula
We apply twisted boundary conditions to lattice QCD simulations of three-point correlation functions in order to access spatial components of hadronic momenta different from the in…
Leading and higher twists in the proton polarised structure function g1p at large Bjorken-x
S. Simula, M. Osipenko, G. Ricco +1
Power corrections to the Q**2 behavior of the Nachtmann moments of the proton polarized structure function g1p are investigated at large Bjorken-x by developing a phenomenological…
Pseudoscalar decay constants , and with ETMC configurations
P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti, P. Lami +7
We present a lattice QCD calculation of the pseudoscalar decay constants , and performed by the European Twisted Mass Collaboration with dyna…
Neutral meson oscillations in the Standard Model and beyond from Nf=2 Twisted Mass Lattice QCD
N. Carrasco, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +11
We present the ETMC results for the bag parameters describing the neutral kaon mixing in the Standard Model and beyond and preliminary results for the bag parameters controlling th…
Isgur-Wise form factors of heavy baryons within a light-front constituent quark model
F. Cardarelli, S. Simula
The space-like elastic form factors of baryons containing a heavy quark are investigated within a light-front constituent quark model in the limit of infinite heavy-quark mass, ado…
K -> pi matrix elements of the chromagnetic operator on the lattice
M. Constantinou, M. Costa, R. Frezzotti +5
We present preliminary results of the first lattice QCD calculation of the K -> pi matrix elements of the chromomagnetic operator O_{CM}=g sbar sigma_{munu} G_{munu} d, which appea…
Non-perturbatively Renormalized Light Quark Masses with Two Dynamical Fermions
D. Becirevic, B. Blossier, Ph. Boucaud +5
We present the results of a partially quenched lattice QCD calculation of light quark masses with degenerate dynamical flavors. Numerical simulations are carried out using…
First lattice calculation of the QED corrections to leptonic decay rates
D. Giusti, V. Lubicz, G. Martinelli +5
The leading-order electromagnetic and strong isospin-breaking corrections to the ratio of and decay rates are evaluated for the first time on the lattice, foll…
Exclusive determinations of and through unitarity
G. Martinelli, S. Simula, L. Vittorio
In this work we apply the Dispersive Matrix (DM) method of Refs. [1,2] to the lattice computations of the Form Factors (FFs) entering the semileptonic deca…
Improved analysis of the scalar and vector form factors of kaon semileptonic decays with N_f = 2 twisted-mass fermions
V. Lubicz, F. Mescia, L. Orifici +2
We investigate the vector and scalar form factors relevant for K_{\ell 3} semileptonic decays using maximally twisted-mass fermions with two flavors of dynamical quarks (N_f = 2).…
Quark masses using twisted mass fermion gauge ensembles
C. Alexandrou, S. Bacchio, G. Bergner +24
We present a calculation of the up, down, strange and charm quark masses performed within the lattice QCD framework. We use the twisted mass fermion action and carry out simulation…
Theoretical framework for lattice QCD computations of and decays rates, including contributions from charming penguin diagrams
R. Frezzotti, G. Gagliardi, V. Lubicz +6
We develop a strategy for computing the and decay amplitudes using lattice QCD (where are charged leptons). We focus on…
Lattice QCD determination of m_b, f_B and f_Bs with twisted mass Wilson fermions
ETM Collaboration, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +10
We present a lattice QCD determination of the b quark mass and of the B and B_s decay constants, performed with N_f=2 twisted mass Wilson fermions, by simulating at four values of…
A Kinematically Complete Measurement of the Proton Structure Function F2 in the Resonance Region and Evaluation of Its Moments
M. Osipenko, G. Ricco, M. Taiuti +3
We measured the inclusive electron-proton cross section in the nucleon resonance region (W < 2.5 GeV) at momentum transfers Q**2 below 4.5 (GeV/c)**2 with the CLAS detector. The la…
Measurement of the Deuteron Structure Function F2 in the Resonance Region and Evaluation of Its Moments
M. Osipenko, G. Ricco, S. Simula +3
Inclusive electron scattering off the deuteron has been measured to extract the deuteron structure function F2 with the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at the Thomas Jef…
Vector and scalar form factors for K- and D-meson semileptonic decays from twisted mass fermions with Nf = 2
S. Di Vita, B. Haas, F. Mescia +3
We present lattice results for the form factors relevant in the K -> pion and D -> pion semileptonic decays, obtained from simulations with two flavors of dynamical twisted-mass fe…
The light-quark contribution to the leading HVP term of the muon from twisted-mass fermions
D. Giusti, F. Sanfilippo, S. Simula
We present a lattice calculation of the leading Hadronic Vacuum Polarization (HVP) contribution of the light u- and d-quarks to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_μ^{\r…
Masses and decay constants of mesons with twisted mass fermions
D. Becirevic, A. Melis, L. Riggio +2
We present a preliminary lattice determination of the masses and decay constants of the pseudoscalar and vector mesons and . Our analysis is based on the gauge configu…
Matrix elements of the electromagnetic operator between kaon and pion states
I. Baum, V. Lubicz, G. Martinelli +2
We compute the matrix elements of the electromagnetic (EM) operator (\bar{s} F{μν} Ï{μν} d) between kaon and pion states, using lattice QCD with maximally twisted-mass fermion…
The Neutron Electric Dipole Moment in the Instanton Vacuum: Quenched Versus Unquenched Simulations
P. Faccioli, D. Guadagnoli, S. Simula
We investigate the role played by the fermionic determinant in the evaluation of the CP-violating neutron electric dipole moment (EDM) adopting the Instanton Liquid Model. Signific…
HVP contributions to the muon () including QED corrections with twisted-mass fermions
D. Giusti, V. Lubicz, G. Martinelli +2
We present a lattice calculation of the Hadronic Vacuum Polarization (HVP) contribution of the strange and charm quarks to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon including leadi…
Average up/down, strange and charm quark masses with Nf=2 twisted mass lattice QCD
ETM Collaboration, B. Blossier, P. Dimopoulos +6
We present a high precision lattice calculation of the average up/down, strange and charm quark masses performed with Nf=2 twisted mass Wilson fermions. The analysis includes data…
Lepton anomalous magnetic moments in Lattice QCD+QED
D. Giusti, S. Simula
We present a lattice calculation of the Hadronic Vacuum Polarization (HVP) contribution to the anomalous magnetic moments of the electron, , the muon, $a_μ^{\rm HVP…
First Lattice QCD Study of the Sigma -> n Axial and Vector Form Factors with SU(3) Breaking Corrections
D. Guadagnoli, V. Lubicz, M. Papinutto +1
We present the first quenched lattice QCD study of the form factors relevant for the hyperon semileptonic decay Sigma -> n l nu. The momentum dependence of both axial and vector fo…
Electromagnetic form factors in the light-front formalism and the Feynman triangle diagram: spin-0 and spin-1 two-fermion systems
D. Melikhov, S. Simula
The connection between the Feynman triangle diagram and the light-front formalism for spin-0 and spin-1 two-fermion systems is analyzed. It is shown that in the limit q+ = 0 the fo…
Time windows of the muon HVP from twisted-mass lattice QCD
C. Alexandrou, S. Bacchio, P. Dimopoulos +13
We present a lattice determination of the leading-order hadronic vacuum polarization (HVP) contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment, , in the so-called sh…
Updates on the determination of , and
G. Martinelli, S. Simula, L. Vittorio
We present an updated determination of the values of , and based on the new data on semileptonic $B \to D^* \el…
Isospin breaking effects due to the up-down mass difference in Lattice QCD
G. M. de Divitiis, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +8
We present a new method to evaluate with high precision isospin breaking effects due to the small mass difference between the up and down quarks using lattice QCD. Our proposal is…
Exploring twisted mass Lattice QCD with the Clover term
D. Becirevic, Ph. Boucaud, V. Lubicz +4
It has been shown that in the twisted mass formulation of Lattice QCD at maximal twist large cutoff effects are generated when the quark mass becomes of O(a Lambda_QCD^2). In gener…
Strange and charm HVP contributions to the muon ( including QED corrections with twisted-mass fermions
D. Giusti, V. Lubicz, G. Martinelli +2
We present a lattice calculation of the Hadronic Vacuum Polarization (HVP) contribution of the strange and charm quarks to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon including leadi…
f_B and f_Bs with maximally twisted Wilson fermions
ETM Collaboration, B. Blossier, P. Dimopoulos +13
We present a lattice QCD calculation of the heavy-light decay constants f_B and f_Bs performed with Nf=2 maximally twisted Wilson fermions, at four values of the lattice spacing. T…
Complete lattice QCD calculation of form factors
R. Di Palma, R. Frezzotti, G. Gagliardi +6
We present the first complete lattice QCD calculation of the four structure-dependent form factors governing the rare charged kaon decay $K^- \to \ell^- \barν_\ell \ell'^+ \ell'^-…
Electromagnetic transition form factors in a light-front constituent quark model
F. Cardarelli, E. Pace, G. Salme' +1
A parameter-free evaluation of the electromagnetic transition form factors is carried out in a light-front constituent quark model, based on and eigenstates of a…
- and -meson leptonic decay constants with physical light, strange and charm quarks by ETMC
P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti, M. Garofalo +1
We present a lattice QCD computation and preliminary results for the leptonic decay constants of the pseudoscalar mesons , and in the isosymmetric QCD limit. The com…
Scalar and vector form factors of decays with twisted fermions
V. Lubicz, L. Riggio, G. Salerno +2
We present a lattice determination of the vector and scalar form factors of the semileptonic decays, which are relevant for the extraction of the CKM matrix e…
Form factors of the and semileptonic decays with twisted mass lattice QCD
S. Di Vita, B. Haas, V. Lubicz +3
We present lattice results for the vector and scalar form factors of the semileptonic decays D -> Ï\ell ν_ell and D -> K \ell ν_\ell in the physical range of values of squared f…
Dynamical Twisted Mass Fermions with Light Quarks: Simulation and Analysis Details
Ph. Boucaud, P. Dimopoulos, F. Farchioni +16
In a recent paper [hep-lat/0701012] we presented precise lattice QCD results of our European Twisted Mass Collaboration (ETMC). They were obtained by employing two mass-degenerate…
Renormalisation constants of quark bilinears in lattice QCD with four dynamical Wilson quarks
B. Blossier, M. Brinet, N. Carrasco +17
We present preliminary results of the non-perturbative computation of the RI-MOM renormalisation constants in a mass-independent scheme for the action with Iwasaki glue and four dy…
Semileptonic decays from light to leptons: the extraction of the form factor from data
G. Martinelli, S. Simula, L. Vittorio
We extend the Standard Model (SM) analysis of Ref. [1], which was limited to light leptons in the final state, to the semileptonic decay. By using quantities th…
Self-Consistent Data Analysis of the Proton Structure Function g1 and Extraction of its Moments
M. Osipenko, S. Simula, P. Bosted +6
The reanalysis of all available world data on the longitudinal asymmetry A|| is presented. The proton structure function g1 was extracted within a unique framework of data inputs a…
Prospects for precise predictions of in the Standard Model
G. Colangelo, M. Davier, A. X. El-Khadra +79
We discuss the prospects for improving the precision on the hadronic corrections to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, and the plans of the Muon Theory Initiative to…
Tensor form factor of and decays with twisted-mass fermions
V. Lubicz, L. Riggio, G. Salerno +2
We present the first lattice Nf=2+1+1 determination of the tensor form factor corresponding to the semileptonic and rare decays as a function of…
Lattice calculation of the short and intermediate time-distance hadronic vacuum polarization contributions to the muon magnetic moment using twisted-mass fermions
C. Alexandrou, S. Bacchio, P. Dimopoulos +13
We present a lattice determination of the leading-order hadronic vacuum polarization (HVP) contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment, , in the so-called sh…
Quasi-elastic and inelastic inclusive electron scattering from an oxygen jet target
M. Anghinolfi, M. Ripani, M. Battaglieri +17
The results of an experiment on inclusive electron scattering from an oxygen jet target, performed in a wide range of energy and momentum transfer covering both quasi-elastic and $…
The pion vector form factor from Lattice QCD at the physical point
C. Alexandrou, S. Bacchio, P. Dimopoulos +9
We present an investigation of the electromagnetic pion form factor, , at small values of the four-momentum transfer ( GeV), based on the gauge…
Up, down, strange and charm quark masses with Nf = 2+1+1 twisted mass lattice QCD
N. Carrasco, A. Deuzeman, P. Dimopoulos +16
We present a lattice QCD calculation of the up, down, strange and charm quark masses performed using the gauge configurations produced by the European Twisted Mass Collaboration wi…
Real photon emissions in leptonic decays
G. M. de Divitiis, A. Desiderio, M. Di Carlo +11
We present a non-perturbative calculation of the form factors which contribute to the amplitudes for the radiative decays , where is a pseudoscalar m…
Nucleon and pion electromagnetic form factors in a light-front constituent quark model
F. Cardarelli, E. Pace, G. Salme' +1
Nucleon and pion electromagnetic form factors are evaluated in the spacelike region within a light-front constituent quark model, where eigenfunctions of a mass operator, reproduci…
The light baryon spectrum and the exchange of pseudoscalar and vector mesons among constituent quarks
F. Cardarelli, S. Simula
The effects of the exchanges of both pseudoscalar and vector mesons among constituent quarks on the mass spectra of light baryons are investigated, paying particular attention to t…
The decay rate at large from lattice QCD
R. Frezzotti, G. Gagliardi, V. Lubicz +5
We determine, by means of lattice QCD calculations, the local form factors describing the decay. For this analysis we make use of the gauge configurations…
A connection between inclusive semileptonic decays of bound and free heavy quarks
S. Ya. Kotkovsky, I. M. Narodetskii, S. Simula +1
A relativistic constituent quark model, formulated on the light-front, is used to derive a new parton approximation for the inclusive semileptonic decay width of the B-meson. A sim…
B-physics computations from Nf=2 tmQCD
N. Carrasco, M. Ciuchini, P. Dimopoulos +12
We present an accurate lattice QCD computation of the b-quark mass, the B and Bs decay constants, the B-mixing bag-parameters for the full four-fermion operator basis, as well as e…
K^0-\bar{K}^0 Mixing Beyond the SM from Nf=2 tmQCD
ETM Collaboration, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +8
We present preliminary results on the of neutral kaon oscillations in extensions of the Standard Model. Using Nf=2 maximally twisted sea quarks and Osterwalder-Seiler valence quark…
A "twisted" determination of the -quark mass, and
N. Carrasco, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +9
We present a lattice QCD determination of the -quark mass and of the and decay constants performed with twisted mass Wilson fermions. We have u…
Analysis of the Lambda_b -> Lambda_c + l nu_l decay within a light-front constituent quark model
F. Cardarelli, S. Simula
We present an investigation of the Isgur-Wise form factor relevant for the semileptonic decay Lambda_b -> Î_c + l nu_l performed within a light-front constituent quark model. Adop…
B-physics from lattice QCD...with a twist
N. Carrasco, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +11
We present a precise lattice QCD determination of the b-quark mass, of the B and Bs decay constants and first results for the B-meson bag parameters. For our computation we employ…
, Lepton Flavour Universality and symmetry breaking in decays through unitarity and lattice QCD
G. Martinelli, M. Naviglio, S. Simula +1
In addition to the well-known decays, semileptonic processes offer the possibility to determine the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-…
Momentum dependence of kaon semileptonic form factors with Nf=2+1+1 Twisted Mass fermions
N. Carrasco, P. Lami, V. Lubicz +2
We present a lattice QCD determination of the vector and scalar form factors of the kaon semileptonic decay , which is relevant for the determination of the CKM ma…
Non-perturbative renormalization of quark bilinear operators with Nf=2 (tmQCD) Wilson fermions and the tree-level improved gauge action
M. Constantinou, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +8
We present results for the renormalization constants of bilinear quark operators obtained by using the tree-level Symanzik improved gauge action and the Nf=2 twisted mass fermion a…
Investigation of N-N* Electromagnetic Form Factors within a Front-Form CQM
E. Pace, G. Salme`, S. Simula
The helicity amplitudes for the transitions and are presented. The amplitudes have been obtained within our front-form CQM model, based on hadron eigenstates…
Electromagnetic form factor of the pion from twisted-mass lattice QCD at Nf=2
R. Frezzotti, V. Lubicz, S. Simula
We present a lattice calculation of the electromagnetic form factor of the pion obtained using the tree-level Symanzik improved gauge action with two flavors of dynamical twisted W…
Mass of the b-quark and B-decay constants from Nf=2+1+1 twisted-mass Lattice QCD
ETM Collaboration, A. Bussone, N. Carrasco +9
We present precise lattice computations for the b-quark mass, the quark mass ratios mb/mc and mb/ms as well as the leptonic B-decay constants. We employ gauge configurations with f…
Global Analysis of Data on the Proton Structure Function g1 and Extraction of its Moments
M. Osipenko, S. Simula, W. Melnitchouk +7
Inspired by recent measurements with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab, we perform a self-consistent analysis of world data on the proton structure function g1 in the range 0.17 <…
Electromagnetic and strong isospin-breaking corrections to the muon from Lattice QCD+QED
D. Giusti, V. Lubicz, G. Martinelli +2
We present a lattice calculation of the leading-order electromagnetic and strong isospin-breaking corrections to the hadronic vacuum polarization (HVP) contribution to the anomalou…
QCD sum-rule results for heavy-light meson decay constants and comparison with lattice QCD
W. Lucha, D. Melikhov, S. Simula
Updated predictions for the decay constants of the D, Ds, B and Bs mesons obtained from Borel QCD sum rules for heavy-light currents are presented and compared with the recent latt…
Leading isospin breaking effects on the lattice
G. M. de Divitiis, R. Frezzotti, V. Lubicz +6
We present a method to evaluate on the lattice the leading isospin breaking effects due to both the small mass difference between the up and down quarks and the QED interaction. Ou…
Calculation of the Isgur-Wise function from a light-front constituent quark model
S. Simula
The space-like elastic form factor of heavy-light pseudoscalar mesons is investigated within a light-front constituent quark model in order to evaluate the Isgur-Wise form factor.…
First lattice calculation of radiative leptonic decay rates of pseudoscalar mesons
A. Desiderio, R. Frezzotti, M. Garofalo +8
We present a non-perturbative lattice calculation of the form factors which contribute to the amplitudes for the radiative decays , where is a pseudo…
Light Hadron Spectrum, Renormalization Constants and Light Quark Masses with Two Dynamical Fermions
D. Becirevic, P. Boucaud, V. Gimenez +5
The results of a preliminary partially quenched (N_f=2) study of the light hadron spectrum, renormalization constants and light quark masses are presented. Numerical simulations ar…
What we can learn from the angular differential rates (only) in semileptonic decays
G. Martinelli, S. Simula, L. Vittorio
We present a simple approach to the study of semileptonic decays based on the angular distributions of the final state particles only. Our approach is mode…
Hypercubic effects in semileptonic decays of heavy mesons, toward , with Twisted fermions
V. Lubicz, L. Riggio, G. Salerno +1
We present a preliminary study toward a lattice determination of the vector and scalar form factors of the semileptonic decays. We compute the form factors relati…
Weak Decay Form Factors of Heavy Pseudoscalar Mesons within a Light-Front Constituent Quark Model
I. L. Grach, I. M. Narodetskii, S. Simula
The transition form factors describing the semileptonic decays of heavy pseudoscalar mesons are investigated within a relativistic constituent quark model formulated on the light-f…
B-physics from Nf=2 tmQCD: the Standard Model and beyond
N. Carrasco, M. Ciuchini, P. Dimopoulos +12
We present a lattice QCD computation of the b-quark mass, the B and B_s decay constants, the B-mixing bag parameters for the full four-fermion operator basis as well as determinati…
Semileptonic Hyperon Decays on the Lattice: an Exploratory Study
D. Guadagnoli, G. Martinelli, M. Papinutto +1
We present preliminary results of an exploratory lattice study of the vector form factor relevant for the semileptonic hyperon decay . This study…
Electroproduction of the Roper resonance and the constituent quark model
F. Cardarelli, E. Pace, G. Salme' +1
A parameter-free evaluation of the electromagnetic transition form factors is performed within a light-front constituent quark model, using for the first time th…
Light quark masses and pseudoscalar decay constants from Nf=2 Lattice QCD with twisted mass fermions
B. Blossier, Ph. Boucaud, P. Dimopoulos +15
We present the results of a lattice QCD calculation of the average up-down and strange quark masses and of the light meson pseudoscalar decay constants with Nf=2 dynamical fermions…
Extracting excited states from lattice QCD: the Roper resonance
D. Guadagnoli, M. Papinutto, S. Simula
We present a new method for extracting excited states from a single two-point correlation function calculated on the lattice. Our method simply combines the correlation function ev…
Quark-binding effects in inclusive decays of heavy mesons
D. Melikhov, S. Simula
We present a new approach to the analysis of quark-binding effects in inclusive decays of heavy mesons within the relativistic dispersion quark model. Various differential distribu…
Bloom-Gilman duality of inelastic structure functions in nucleon and nuclei
G. Ricco, M. Anghinolfi, M. Ripani +2
The Bloom-Gilman local duality of the inelastic structure function of the proton, the deuteron and light complex nuclei is investigated using available experimental data in the squ…
FLAG Review 2021
Y. Aoki, T. Blum, G. Colangelo +34
We review lattice results related to pion, kaon, -meson, -meson, and nucleon physics with the aim of making them easily accessible to the nuclear and particle physics communi…
FLAG Review 2019
S. Aoki, Y. Aoki, D. Becirevic +32
We review lattice results related to pion, kaon, -meson, -meson, and nucleon physics with the aim of making them easily accessible to the nuclear and particle physics communi…
Bloom-Gilman duality of the nucleon structure function and the elastic peak contribution
G. Ricco, M. Anghinolfi, M. Ripani +2
The occurrence of the Bloom-Gilman duality in the nucleon structure function is investigated by analyzing the Q**2-behavior of low-order moments, both including and excluding the c…
The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon in the Standard Model
T. Aoyama, N. Asmussen, M. Benayoun +129
We review the present status of the Standard Model calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. This is performed in a perturbative expansion in the fine-structure con…
Finite-Volume QED Corrections to Decay Amplitudes in Lattice QCD
V. Lubicz, G. Martinelli, C. T. Sachrajda +3
We demonstrate that the leading and next-to-leading finite-volume effects in the evaluation of leptonic decay widths of pseudoscalar mesons at are universal, i.e. they are…
Hypercubic Effects in semileptonic decays on the lattice
V. Lubicz, L. Riggio, G. Salerno +2
We present a lattice determination of the vector and scalar form factors of the semileptonic decays, which are relevant for the extraction of the CKM matrix eleme…
Pseudo-scalar meson form factors with maximally twisted Wilson fermions at Nf = 2
ETM Collaboration, S. Simula
We present preliminary results for various electroweak form factors of pseudo-scalar mesons using the tree-level improved Symanzik gauge action and the maximally twisted mass fermi…
Unitarity Bounds for Semileptonic Decays in Lattice QCD
M. Di Carlo, G. Martinelli, M. Naviglio +3
In this work we discuss in detail the non-perturbative determination of the momentum dependence of the form factors entering in semileptonic decays using unitarity and analyticity…
Extraction of multiple exponential signals from lattice correlation functions
S. Romiti, S. Simula
We present a fast and simple algorithm that allows the extraction of multiple exponential signals from the temporal dependence of correlation functions evaluated on the lattice inc…
matrix elements of the chromomagnetic operator on the lattice
M. Constantinou, M. Costa, R. Frezzotti +5
We present the results of the first lattice QCD calculation of the matrix elements of the chromomagnetic operator , which app…
Twisted mass QCD in the charm sector
B. Blossier, G. Herdoiza, S. Simula
We present preliminary results for the charm quark mass and the and mesons decay constants and from a lattice QCD calculation with = 2 d…
Realistic Model of the Nucleon Spectral Function in Few- and Many- Nucleon Systems
C. Ciofi degli Atti, S. Simula
By analysing the high momentum features of the nucleon momentum distribution in light and complex nuclei, it is argued that the basic two-nucleon configurations generating the stru…
Kaon oscillations in the Standard Model and Beyond using Nf=2 dynamical quarks
V. Bertone, P. Dimopoulos, R. Frezzotti +8
We compute non-perturbatively the B-parameters of the complete basis of four-fermion operators needed to study the Kaon oscillations in the SM and in its supersymmetric extension.…
Light-meson leptonic decay rates in lattice QCD+QED
M. Di Carlo, D. Giusti, V. Lubicz +5
The leading electromagnetic (e.m.) and strong isospin-breaking corrections to the and leptonic decay rates are evaluated for the first…
Nucleon-Nucleon Correlations and Inclusive Electron Scattering off Few-Nucleon Systems at
S. Simula
Inclusive electron scattering off few-nucleon systems is investigated at and high momentum transfer, including the contributions from quasi-elastic and deep inelastic scatter…
BK-parameter from Nf = 2 twisted mass lattice QCD
ETM Collaboration, M. Constantinou, P. Dimopoulos +12
We present an unquenched lattice computation of the parameter which controls oscillations. A partially quenched setup is employed with two maximally…
Ratio of kaon and pion leptonic decay constants with Wilson-clover twisted-mass fermions
C. Alexandrou, S. Bacchio, G. Bergner +12
We present a determination of the ratio of kaon and pion leptonic decay constants in isosymmetric QCD (isoQCD), , making use of the gauge ensembles produced by the Exte…