We present a calculation of the heavy quarks self energy in moving NRQCD to one-loop in perturbation theory. Results for the energy shift and external momentum renormalisation are discussed and compared with non-perturbative results. We show that the momentum renormalisation is small, which is the result of a remnant of re-parameterisation invariance on the lattice.
We formulate Non-Relativistic Quantum Chromodynamics (NRQCD) on a lattice which is boosted relative to the usual discretization frame. Moving NRQCD (mNRQCD) allows us to treat the momentum for the heavy quark arising from the frame choice exactly. We
derive mNRQCD through O(1/m^2,v^4), as accurate as the NRQCD action in present use, both in the continuum and on the lattice with O(a^4) improvements. We have carried out extensive tests of the formalism through calculations of two-point correlators for both heavy-heavy (bottomonium) and heavy-light (B_s) mesons in 2+1 flavor lattice QCD and obtained nonperturbative determinations of energy shift and external momentum renormalization. Comparison to perturbation theory at O(alpha_s) is also made. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of mNRQCD. In particular we show that the decay constants of heavy-light and heavy-heavy mesons can be calculated with small systematic errors up to much larger momenta than with standard NRQCD.
We determine the mass spectra of heavy baryons containing one or more bottom quarks along with their hyperfine splittings and various mass differences on MILC 2+1 Asqtad lattices at three different lattice spacings. NRQCD action is used for bottom qu
arks whereas relativistic HISQ action for the lighter up/down, strange and charm quarks. We consider all possible combinations of bottom and lighter quarks to construct the bottom baryon operators for the states $J^P=1/2^+$ and $3/2^+$.
We present a lattice QCD calculation of the heavy quark expansion parameters $mu_{pi}^2$ and $mu_G^2$ for heavy-light mesons and heavy-light-light baryons. The calculation is carried out on a 20$^3times$48 lattice at $beta$ = 6.0 in the quenched appr
oximation, using the lattice NRQCD action for heavy quarks. We obtain the parameters $mu_{pi}^2$ and $mu_G^2$ in two different methods: a direct calculation of the matrix elements and an indirect calculation through the mass spectrum, and confirm that the both methods give consistent results. We also discuss an application to the lifetime ratios.
Using the lattice NRQCD action for heavy quark, we calculate the heavy quark expansion parameters $mu_{pi}^2$ and $mu_G^2$ for heavy-light mesons and heavy-light-light baryons. The results are compared with the mass differences among heavy hadrons to
test the validity of HQET relations on the lattice.
We present a quenched lattice calculation for the lowest lying $b bar b g$-hybrid states in the framework of NRQCD using the leading order Hamiltonian up to ${cal O}(mv^2)$. We demonstrate the existence of a nearly degenerate rotational band of state
s with an excitation energy approximately 1.6 GeV above the $Upsilon$ ground state. This lies around the $B bar B_J^*$-threshold but well above the $B bar B$-threshold. Therefore a heavy hybrid signal may well be detected if the centre-of-mass energy in B-factories is raised a few hundred MeV to coincide with other resonances above the 4S state. Our prediction is consistent with most phenomenological models and lattice calculations carried out in the static limit.