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Lattice QCD ensembles with four flavors of highly improved staggered quarks

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We present results from our simulations of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with four flavors of quarks: u, d, s, and c. These simulations are performed with a one-loop Symanzik improved gauge action, and the highly improved staggered quark (HISQ) action. We are generating gauge configurations with four values of the lattice spacing ranging from 0.06 fm to 0.15 fm, and three values of the light quark mass, including the value for which the Goldstone pion mass is equal to the physical pion mass. We discuss simulation algorithms, scale setting, taste symmetry breaking, and the autocorrelations of various quantities. We also present results for the topological susceptibility which demonstrate the improvement of the HISQ configurations relative to those generated earlier with the asqtad improved staggered action.

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Heavy baryons with relativistic quarks

hep-lat · 2026-04-14 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Lattice QCD computation yields ground-state masses for spin-3/2+ heavy baryons with relativistic charm and bottom quarks, marking the first fully relativistic treatment of bottom quarks.

Highly improved staggered quarks on anisotropic lattices

hep-lat · 2026-06-26 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Tuning study of aHISQ action on anisotropic lattices from 1 to 8, with comparison of fermion anisotropy tuning and an empirical model for pion taste splittings showing qualitatively different behavior versus naive staggered quarks.

FLAG Review 2024

hep-lat · 2024-11-06 · accept · novelty 2.0

The FLAG 2024 review provides updated averages of lattice QCD determinations for quark masses, decay constants, form factors, mixing parameters, and nucleon matrix elements.

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  • Heavy baryons with relativistic quarks hep-lat · 2026-04-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 6

    Lattice QCD computation yields ground-state masses for spin-3/2+ heavy baryons with relativistic charm and bottom quarks, marking the first fully relativistic treatment of bottom quarks.

  • Highly improved staggered quarks on anisotropic lattices hep-lat · 2026-06-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 76 · internal anchor

    Tuning study of aHISQ action on anisotropic lattices from 1 to 8, with comparison of fermion anisotropy tuning and an empirical model for pion taste splittings showing qualitatively different behavior versus naive staggered quarks.

  • New high-precision $b$, $c$, and $s$ masses from pseudoscalar-pseudoscalar correlators in $n_f=4$ lattice QCD hep-lat · 2025-08-04 · accept · none · ref 52 · internal anchor

    New high-precision MS-bar masses m_b(m_b, n_f=5)=4.1923(63) GeV, m_c(3 GeV, n_f=4)=0.9813(34) GeV, and m_s(3 GeV, n_f=4)=83.39(26) MeV from HISQ lattice QCD correlators including quenched QED.

  • $F_K/F_\pi$ as a precision test of a new four flavor Domain Wall Fermion action hep-lat · 2026-05-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 39

    New four-flavor smeared Möbius Domain Wall Fermion ensembles yield F_K/F_pi = 1.1962(34) as a precision test for inexpensive chiral fermion calculations in lattice QCD.

  • FLAG Review 2024 hep-lat · 2024-11-06 · accept · none · ref 183 · internal anchor

    The FLAG 2024 review provides updated averages of lattice QCD determinations for quark masses, decay constants, form factors, mixing parameters, and nucleon matrix elements.