Light quark masses using domain wall fermions

Abstract

We compute the one—loop self—energy correction to the massive domain wall quark propagator. Combining this calculation with simulations at several gauge couplings, we estimate the strange quark mass in the continuum limit. The perturbative one—loop mass renormalization is comparable to that for Wilson quarks and considerably smaller than that for Kogut—Susskind quarks. Also, scaling violations appear mild in comparison to other errors at present. Given their good chiral behavior and these features, domain wall quarks are attractive for evaluating the light quark masses. Our preliminary quenched result is m s (2 GeV) = 82(15) MeV in the MS scheme.