Exploration of the electric spin polarizability of the neutron in lattice QCD

Abstract

A scheme to calculate the electric spin polarizability of the neutron, based on a four-point function approach to the background field method, is presented. The connected contributions to this spin polarizability are evaluated within a mixed action calculation employing domain wall valence quarks on MILC asqtad sea quark ensembles. Results are reported for two pion masses, 759 MeV and 357 MeV.