Bilinear quark operators in the RI/SMOM scheme at three loops

Abstract

We consider the renormalization of the matrix elements of the bilinear quark operators ψ¯ψ, ψ¯γμψ, and ψ¯σμνψ at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD perturbation theory at the symmetric subtraction point. This allows us to obtain conversion factors between the MS‾ scheme and the regularization invariant symmetric momentum subtraction (RI/SMOM) scheme. The obtained results can be used to reduce the errors in determinations of quark masses from lattice QCD simulations. The results are given in Landau gauge. Keywords: Lattice QCD, Bilinear quark operators, MS‾ scheme, Regularization invariant symmetric MOM scheme, Three-loop approximation