Scale setting via the Ω baryon mass

Abstract

We present the first results of an ongoing effort to determine the lattice scale on the N_f=2 CLS lattice ensembles via the mass of the Ω baryon. Results from different methods are compared, and various sources of systematic uncertainty are discussed.

7 pages, 4 pdf figures; talk given at LATTICE 2011, XXIX International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 11-16 2011, Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California