Precision study of the SU(3) topological susceptibility in the continuum
Stephan Durr, Zoltan Fodor, Christian Hoelbling, Thorsten Kurth
Abstract
We determine the topological susceptibility in the SU(3) pure gauge theory. We perform a series of high-statistics lattice studies and take the combined continuum and infinite volume limit. We find chi_{top}r_0^4=0.0524(7)(6) which translates into chi_{top}^{1/4}=193(1)(8)MeV with the second error exclusively due to the intrinsic scale ambiguity.