Scaling and Eigenmode Tests of the Improved Fat Clover Action
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چکیده
We test the scaling properties of a recently proposed improved lattice-fermion action, the fat link clover action, for lattice spacing a = 0.09 and 0.16 fm. The action scales as well as the conventional nonperturbatively improved clover action. Tests done at small quark mass on quenched lattices of lattice spacing 0.12 fm show that it has fewer problems with pathological lattice artifacts (“exceptional” configurations).
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