Topological susceptibility and $eta$ meson mass from $N_f=2$ lattice QCD at the physical point

In this paper we explore the computation of topological susceptibility and $eta$ meson mass in $N_f=2$ flavor QCD using lattice techniques with physical value of the pion mass as well as larger pion mass values. We observe that the physical point can be reached without a significant increase in the statistical noise. The mass of the $eta$ meson can be obtained from both fermionic two point functions and topological charge density correlation functions, giving compatible results. With the pion mass dependence of the $eta$ mass being flat we arrive at $M_{eta}= 772(18) mathrm{MeV}$ without an explicit continuum limit. For the topological susceptibility we observe a linear dependence on $M_pi^2$, however, with an additional constant stemming from lattice artifacts.