Axial U(1) symmetry, topology, and Dirac spectra at high temperature in $N_f=2$ lattice QCD

Abstract

Using lattice QCD simulations with $N_f=2$ dynamical fermions, we study the axial $U(1)$ symmetry, topological charge, and Dirac eigenvalue spectra in the high-temperature phase in which the chiral symmetry is restored. Our gauge ensembles are generated with Möbius domain-wall fermions, but the measurements such as susceptibilities are reweighted to those for the overlap fermions by using overlap/domain-wall reweighting technique. We find that the $U(1{)}_A$ and topological susceptibilities are strongly suppressed in the small quark mass region, which is related to the reduction of chiral-zero and low-nonzero modes on the Dirac spectra. We also examine their volume dependence.

10 pages, 4 figures, 1 table; Proceedings of The 9th International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics (CD18), 17-21 September, 2018, Durham, NC, USA. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1812.06621