Charged pion electric polarizability from lattice QCD

We present a calculation of the charged pion electric polarizability using the background field method. To extract the mass-shift induced by the electric field for the accelerated charged particle we fit the lattice QCD correlators using correlators derived from an effective model. The methodology outlined in this study (boundary conditions, fitting procedure, etc) is designed to ensure that the results are invariant under gauge transformations of the background field. We apply the method to four N-f = 2 dynamical ensembles to extract a(pi)+/- at pion mass of 315 MeV.

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In this study, the charged pion electric polarizability was calculated using the background field method, with lattice QCD correlators fitted using correlators derived from an effective model to extract the mass shift induced by the electric field. The methodology outlined aimed to ensure that the results are invariant under gauge transformations of the background field. The method was successfully applied to four N-f = 2 dynamical ensembles to extract a (pi)+/- at a pion mass of 315 MeV.