Here is the list of my peer-reviewed publications

Non-perturbative quark mass renormalisation and running in Nf = 3 QCD

I. Campos, P. Fritzsch, C. Pena, D. Preti, A. Ramos, A. Vladikas

Eur.Phys.J. C78 (2018) no.5, 387, arXiv:1802.05243 [hep-lat]

We determine from first principles the quark mass anomalous dimension in Nf=3 QCD between the electroweak and hadronic scales. This allows for a fully non-perturbative connection of the perturbative and non-perturbative regimes of the Standard Model in the hadronic sector. The computation is carried out to high accuracy, employing massless O(a)-improved Wilson quarks and finite-size scaling techniques. We also provide the matching factors required in the renormalisation of light quark masses from lattice computations with O(a)-improved Wilson fermions and a tree-level Symanzik improved gauge action. The total uncertainty due to renormalisation and running in the determination of light quark masses in the SM is thus reduced to about 1%.

Non-Perturbative Renormalisation and Running of BSM Four-Quark Operators in Nf = 2 QCD

P. Dimopoulos, G. Herdoiza, M. Papinutto, C. Pena, D. Preti, A. Vladikas

Eur.Phys.J. C78 (2018) no.7, 579, arXiv:1801.09455 [hep-lat]

We perform a non-perturbative study of the scale-dependent renormalisation factors of a complete set of dimension-six four-fermion operators without power subtractions. The renormalisation-group (RG) running is determined in the continuum limit for a specific Schrödinger Functional (SF) renormalisation scheme in the framework of lattice QCD with two dynamical flavours (Nf=2). The theory is regularised on a lattice with a plaquette Wilson action and O(a)-improved Wilson fermions. For one of these operators, the computation had been performed in Dimopoulos et al. (JHEP 0805, 065 (2008). arXiv:0712.2429); the present work completes the study for the rest of the operator basis, on the same simulations (configuration ensembles). The related weak matrix elements arise in several operator product expansions; in ΔF=2 transitions they contain the QCD long-distance effects, including contributions from beyond-Standard Model (BSM) processes. Some of these operators mix under renormalisation and their RG-running is governed by anomalous dimension matrices. In Papinutto et al. (Eur Phys J C 77(6), 376 (2017). arXiv:1612.06461) the RG formalism for the operator basis has been worked out in full generality and the anomalous dimension matrix has been calculated in NLO perturbation theory. Here the discussion is extended to the matrix step-scaling functions, which are used in finite-size recursive techniques. We rely on these matrix-SSFs to obtain non-perturbative estimates of the operator anomalous dimensions for scales ranging from O(ΛQCD) to O(MW)

A tmQCD mixed-action approach to flavour physics

G. Herdoiza, C. Pena, D. Preti, J.A. Romero, J. Ugarrio

EPJ Web Conf. 175 (2018) 13018, arXiv:1711.06017 [hep-lat]

We discuss a mixed-action approach in which sea quarks are regularised using non-perturbatively O(a) improved Wilson fermions, while a fully-twisted tmQCD action is used for valence quarks. In this setup, automatic O(a) improvement is preserved for valence observables, apart from small residual O(a) effects from the sea. A strategy for matching sea and valence is set up, and carried out for Nf = 2 + 1 CLS ensembles with open boundary conditions at several simulation points. The scaling of basic light-quark observables such as the pseudoscalar meson decay constant is studied, as well as the isospin splitting of pseudoscalar meson masses

Non-perturbative renormalization of tensor currents:

strategy and results for Nf = 0 and Nf = 2 QCD

C. Pena, D. Preti

Eur.Phys.J. C78 (2018) no.7, 575, arXiv:1706.06674 [hep-lat]

Tensor currents are the only quark bilinear operators lacking a non-perturbative determination of their renormalisation group (RG) running between hadronic and electroweak scales. We develop the setup to carry out the computation in lattice QCD via standard recursive finite-size scaling techniques, and provide results for the RG running of tensor currents in Nf=0 and Nf=2 QCD in the continuum for various Schrödinger Functional schemes. The matching factors between bare and renormalisation group invariant currents are also determined for a range of values of the lattice spacing relevant for large-volume simulations, thus enabling a fully non-perturbative renormalisation of physical amplitudes mediated by tensor currents.

On the perturbative renormalisation of four-quark operators for new physics

M. Papinutto, C. Pena, D. Preti 

Eur.Phys.J. C77 (2017) no.6, 37, arXiv:1612.06461 [hep-lat]

We discuss the renormalization properties of the full set of ΔF=2 operators involved in BSM processes, including the definition of RGI versions of operators that exhibit mixing under RG transformations. As a first step for a fully non-perturbative determination of the scale-dependent renormalization factors and their runnings, we introduce a family of appropriate Schrödinger Functional schemes, and study them in perturbation theory. This allows, in particular, to determine the NLO anomalous dimensions of all ΔF=1,2 operators in these schemes. Finally, we discuss the systematic uncertainties related to the use of NLO perturbation theory for the RG running of four-quark operators to scales in the GeV range, in both our SF schemes and standard MSbar and RI-MOM schemes. Large truncation effects are found for some of the operators considered.

Controlling quark mass determinations non-perturbatively in three-flavour QCD

I. Campos, P. Fritzsch, C. Pena, D. Preti, A. Ramos, A. Vladikas

EPJ Web Conf. 137 (2017) 08006, arXiv:1611.06102 [hep-lat]

The determination of quark masses from lattice QCD simulations requires a non-perturbative renormalization procedure and subsequent scale evolution to high energies, where a conversion to the commonly used MS scheme can be safely established. We present our results for the non-perturbative running of renormalized quark masses in Nf = 3 QCD between the electroweak and a hadronic energy scale, where lattice simulations are at our disposal. Recent theoretical advances in combination with wellestablished techniques allows to follow the scale evolution to very high statistical accuracy, and full control of systematic effects.

Non-perturbative running of quark masses in three-flavour QCD

I. Campos, P. Fritzsch, C. Pena, D. Preti, A. Ramos, A. Vladikas

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Proceeding of Science SISSA 2017, arXiv:1611.09711 [hep-lat]

We present our preliminary results for the computation of the non-perturbative running of renormalized quark masses in Nf = 3 QCD, between the electroweak and hadronic scales, using standard finite-size scaling techniques. The computation is carried out to very high precision, using massless O(a) improved Wilson quarks. Following the strategy adopted by the ALPHA Collaboration for the running coupling, different schemes are used above and below a scale µ0 ∼ mb, which differ by using either the Schrödinger Functional or Gradient Flow renormalized coupling. We discuss our results for the running in both regions, and the procedure to match the two schemes.

Non-perturbative renormalization of tensor bilinears in Schrödinger Functional schemes

P. Fritzsch, C. Pena, D. Preti

Proceeding of Science SISSA 2015, arXiv:1511.05024 [hep-lat]

We present preliminary result for the study of the renormalization group evolution of tensor bilinears in Schrödinger Functional (SF) schemes for Nf = 0 and Nf = 2 QCD with non-perturbatively O(a)-improved Wilson fermions. First Nf = 2+1 results (proceeding in parallel with the ongoing computation of the running quark masses [1]) are also discussed. A one-loop perturbative calculation of the discretisation effects for the relevant step scaling functions has been carried out for both Wilson and O(a)-improved actions and for a large number of lattice resolutions. We also calculate the two-loop anomalous dimension in SF schemes for tensor currents through a scheme matching procedure with RI and MS. Thanks to the SF iterative procedure the nonperturbative running over two orders of magnitude in energy scales, as well as the corresponding Renormalization Group Invariant operators, have been determined.

Prospects and status of quark mass renormalization in three-flavour QCD

I. Campos, P. Fritzsch, C. Pena, D. Preti, A. Ramos, A. Vladikas

Proceeding of Science SISSA 2015, arXiv:1508.06939 [hep-lat]

We present the current status of a revised strategy to compute the running of renormalized quark masses in QCD with three flavours of massless O(a) improved Wilson quarks. The strategy employed uses the standard finite-size scaling method in the Schrödinger functional and accommodates for the non-perturbative scheme-switch which becomes necessary at intermediate renormalized couplings as discussed in [1411.7648].

Non-perturbative renormalization and running

of ΔF=2 four-fermion operators in the SF scheme

M. Papinutto, C. Pena, D. Preti

Proceeding of Science SISSA 2014, arXiv:1412.1742 [hep-lat]

We present preliminary results of a non-perturbative study of the scale-dependent renormalization constants of a complete basis of ∆F = 2 parity-odd four-fermion operators that enter the computation of hadronic B-parameters within the Standard Model (SM) and beyond. We consider non-perturbatively O(a) improved Wilson fermions and our gauge configurations contain two flavors of massless sea quarks. The mixing pattern of these operators is the same as for a regularization that preserves chiral symmetry, in particular there is a "physical" mixing between some of the operators. The renormalization group running matrix is computed in the continuum limit for a family of Schrödinger Functional (SF) schemes through finite volume recursive techniques. We compute non-perturbatively the relation between the renormalization group invariant operators and their counterparts renormalized in the SF at a low energy scale, together with the non-perturbative matching matrix between the lattice regularized theory and the various SF schemes.