Pion-Nucleon Sigma Term in Lattice QCD

Abstract

We calculate both connected and disconnected contribution to the $π$-$N$ $σ$-term in quenched lattice QCD with Wilson quark action on a $12^3\times 20$ lattice at $β=5.7$. The latter is evaluated with the aid of the variant wall source method, which was previously applied successfully for extraction of $π$-$π$ scattering lengths and $η^\prime$ meson mass. We found that the disconnected contribution is about twice larger than the connected one. The value for the full $π$-$N$ $σ$ term $σ=40-60$ MeV is consistent with the experimental estimates. The nucleon matrix element of the strange quark density $\bar s s$ is fairly large in our result.

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