Results are presented from an ongoing study of the $rho$ resonance. We use the distillation approach in order to create correlator matrices involving $rho$ and $pipi$ interpolators. The study is done in a centre-of-mass frame and several moving frames. We are able to extract energy levels by solving the GEVP of those correlator matrices. The initial exploratory study is being done on a CLS 2-flavour lattice with a pion mass of $451$ $mathrm{MeV}$ using $mathcal{O}(a)$ improved Wilson fermions. One aim of this work is to extract the timelike pion form factor after applying the Luscher formalism. We also plan to integrate this study with the existing Mainz programme for the calculation of the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the muon $g-2$ and will extend our study to lower pion masses and larger lattices in the future, including ensembles with $2+1$ flavours.
We report on progress applying the stochastic LapH method to estimate all-to-all propagators required in correlation functions of multi-hadron operators relevant for pion-pion scattering. Large-volume results for $I=2$ and $I=1$ pion-pion scattering phase shifts with good statistical precision are obtained from an $N_{rm f} = 2+1$ anisotropic Wilson clover ensemble with $m_{pi} = 240mathrm{MeV}$. We also present a preliminary determination of the $I=1$ pion-pion scattering phase shift and timelike pion form factor on an isotropic $N_{rm f}=2+1$ flavour ensemble generated by the Coordinated Lattice Simulation (CLS) community effort.
We present the current status of our lattice QCD determination of the charm quark mass using $N_mathrm{f}=2+1$ dynamical, non-perturbatively $mathrm{O}(a)$ improved Wilson fermions. A subset of CLS ensembles with five different lattice spacings along the $mathrm{Tr}[M_mathrm{q}]=text{const.}$ trajectory is used. For the computation of the correlation functions involving valence charm quark propagators, we employ distance preconditioning to gain the necessary precision. To stabilize the extrapolations to the physical point, we consider different definitions of the bare charm quark mass and corresponding renormalization procedures.
We present preliminary results on the electromagnetic form factors and axial charge of the nucleon from ensembles generated by the CLS effort with $N_mathrm{f}=2+1$ flavours of non-perturbatively $mathrm{O}(a)$-improved Wilson fermions and open temporal boundary conditions. Systematic effects due to excited-state contamination are accounted for using both two-state fits and the method of summed operator insertions. This exploratory analysis demonstrates the viability of obtaining precision baryon observables with $N_mathrm{f}=2+1$ flavours of Wilson fermions on fine lattices, aiming towards controlled chiral and continuum limits in the future.
We report on the status of an ongoing effort by the RQCD and ALPHA Collaborations, aimed at determining leptonic decay constants of charmed mesons. Our analysis is based on large-volume ensembles generated within the CLS effort, employing N_f=2+1 non-perturbatively O(a) improved Wilson quarks, tree-level Symanzik-improved gauge action and open boundary conditions. The ensembles cover lattice spacings from a ~ 0.09 fm to a ~ 0.05 fm, with pion masses varied from 420 to 200 MeV. To extrapolate to the physical masses, we follow both the 2m_l+m_s=const. and the m_s=const. lines in parameter space.
We present the first results for the Kl3 form factor from simulations with 2+1 flavours of dynamical domain wall quarks. Combining our result, namely f_+(0)=0.964(5), with the latest experimental results for Kl3 decays leads to |V_{us}|=0.2249(14), reducing the uncertaintity in this important parameter. For the O(p^6) term in the chiral expansion we obtain Delta f=-0.013(5).