Hybrid static potentials and gluelumps on $N_f=3+1$ ensembles

Francesco Knechtli; Juan Andr\'es Urrea-Ni\~no; Laura Struckmeier; Michael Peardon; Roman H\"ollwieser; Tomasz Korzec

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Hybrid static potentials and gluelumps on $N_f=3+1$ ensembles

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Pith's one-line read This paper reports new lattice QCD measurements of hybrid static potentials and gluelump masses on 3+1-flavor ensembles with 420 MeV pions, including string-breaking thresholds.

desk verdict New N_f=3+1 hybrid potential and gluelump data with honest caveats, but the truncated Laplace basis needs a convergence check. read the letter →

arxiv 2501.15670 v2 pith:PG7P2M55 submitted 2025-01-26 hep-lat

Roman Höllwieser , Francesco Knechtli , Tomasz Korzec , Michael Peardon , Laura Struckmeier , Juan Andrés Urrea-Niño This is my paper · ORCID

classification hep-lat MSC 81T2581V05 PACS 12.38.Gc

keywords hybridstaticpotentialsgluelumpslatticeQCDLaplacetrialstatesstatic-lightthresholdsstringbreakingBorn-OppenheimereffectivetheoryN_f=3+1ensembles

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The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

The paper works out, on dynamical QCD ensembles with three light quark flavors plus charm and pion masses down to about 420 MeV, the static potentials that bind a heavy quark and antiquark into ordinary and exotic hybrid mesons. Its central result is a spectrum of hybrid static potentials in the $\Sigma_g$, $\Sigma_u$, $\Pi_g$, and $\Pi_u$ channels, computed with operators built from eigenmodes of the lattice Laplace operator instead of Wilson loops, together with the thresholds at which the confining string breaks into static-light mesons. It also delivers gluelump masses — the energy levels of gluonic excitations around a static color-octet source — which are the $R\to0$ limit of these hybrid potentials and serve as input to Born-Oppenheimer models of hybrid mesons. On the largest-volume ensemble the authors observe the onset of string breaking for $\Sigma_g$ and $\Pi_u$, and they show that the $E$ and $T_2$ gluelump channels, which must coincide in the continuum, agree on each ensemble. A sympathetic reader would take this as evidence that Laplace-trial-state operators can replace Wilson loops for hybrid spectroscopy on realistic ensembles and give physics consistent with the established gluelump picture.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the Laplace trial state: a correlator in which the spatial Wilson line of a Wilson loop is replaced by products of Laplace eigenvectors $v_i(\vec x)$ and static perambulators $\tau_{ij}=v_i^\dagger U_t v_j$, with gluonic excitations inserted as symmetric covariant derivatives $\nabla_{\vec k} v(\vec x)=\frac12[U_k(\vec x)v(\vec x+\hat k)-U_k^\dagger(\vec x-\hat k)v(\vec x-\hat k)]$ of the eigenvectors. Gaussian profile weights $\rho_k(\lambda_i)=e^{-\lambda_i^2/4\sigma_k^2}$ assign different weights to eigenmodes, and a generalized eigenvalue problem selects the optimal profiles. This machinery lets one compute correlations at arbitrary on- and off-axis separations without expensive loop re-evaluations. For gluelumps the paper uses a complementary tool: a 35-shape basis of spatial Wilson loops, projected to cubic-group irreps $A_1,A_2,E,T_1,T_2$ with parity and charge conjugation, connected by adjoint static lines, with the adjoint self-energy related to the fundamental one by the Casimir ratio $C_A/C_F=N^2/(N^2-1)$.

What would settle it

Compute the same hybrid potentials and gluelump masses on the A2 ensemble with twice the number of kept Laplace eigenvectors, or with standard Wilson-loop hybrid operators, and look for differences beyond statistical errors; agreement would validate the truncated basis, and disagreement would show it biases the results.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The paper claims that hybrid static potentials extracted from Laplace trial states built from covariant derivatives of lattice Laplace eigenmodes reproduce the expected gluelump multiplets in the $R\to0$ limit and, at pion masses near 420 MeV, show the string-breaking thresholds where $\Sigma_g$ and $\Pi_u$ hybrids meet static-light meson states. On the $N_f=3+1$ ensemble A2 ($m_\pi\simeq 409$ MeV, $48^3$ spatial volume) this threshold lies within the lattice, so the potentials are measured across the crossing region. The gluelump spectrum is obtained from a large basis of spatial loop shapes projected onto irreducible representations of the cubic group, with masses given relative to the lowest $T_1^{+-}$ state; the $E^{PC}$ and $T_2^{PC}$ channels are consistent for each $PC$, which is the expected continuum degeneracy for $J=2$. The paper therefore presents these results as new lattice QCD inputs for effective-theory descriptions of hybrid and exotic mesons.

Load-bearing premise

The whole extraction rests on the assumption that keeping only the lowest 100 or 200 Laplace-eigenvector modes on each time slice gives a complete enough basis for the hybrid and gluelump states, a point the paper does not test by varying that number.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

On ensemble A2 the $\Sigma_g$ and $\Pi_u$ hybrid potentials cross the static-light thresholds within the measured range, so hybrid string breaking can be studied directly on that ensemble.
The $E^{PC}$ and $T_2^{PC}$ gluelump channels agree within errors on each ensemble, confirming that the loop-shape basis keeps cutoff effects small enough for the continuum $J=2$ degeneracy to be visible.
Gluelump masses rise systematically as the pion mass is lowered from the quenched value through 2.2 GeV and 788 MeV to 406 MeV, so dynamical fermion effects matter for these masses.
Because Laplace-trial-state correlators give easy access to off-axis separations, the hybrid spectrum can be resolved at many more $R$ values than with standard Wilson-loop operators.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

Because the Laplace-trial-state machinery computes correlations at arbitrary separations from precomputed perambulators, the same construction should transfer to tetraquark and multiquark static potentials more cheaply than Wilson-loop operators; the paper lists this as a plan, so the transfer is an expectation rather than a demonstrated result.
The trend shown for gluelump masses — larger masses at smaller pion mass — suggests that Born-Oppenheimer hybrid models calibrated on quenched or heavy-pion gluelumps may misplace hybrid levels at physical pion mass; this extrapolation is ours, not the paper's.
A decisive test of the operator replacement would be to compare these Laplace-trial-state potentials with Wilson-loop hybrid potentials on the same A2 ensemble; the paper does not show such a comparison.

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Editorial analysis

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Desk Editor's Note

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Quick take: this is a credible proceedings report that delivers the first hybrid static potentials and gluelump masses on N_f=3+1 ensembles with pions around 410 MeV. The methods are not new—the Laplace trial states come from the authors' earlier work, and the gluelump loop basis from ref [13]—but the combination and the data are new, and the internal consistency checks are genuinely reassuring: A1 and A2 agree across volumes, and E and T2 representations agree for the J=2 gluelump channel.

What the paper does well: it is transparent about what is measured and what is not. The gamma-method errors are standard, the ensembles are well described, and the authors flag the self-energy caveat in the gluelump/hybrid overlay instead of hiding it. The observation that string-breaking thresholds are accessible on A2 is a nice, concrete outlook.

The soft spots, in order of importance. First, there is no convergence test for the Laplacian eigenbasis truncation. The trial states use only the lowest 100–200 eigenvectors per time slice; if those modes do not saturate the gluonic excitations, the hybrid potentials inherit a variational bias. The paper shows no N_vec-dependence and no cross-check against the Wilson-loop hybrid potentials from Capitani et al. This is the load-bearing technical premise, and it is unchecked. Second, all results are at a single lattice spacing; no continuum extrapolation is attempted, which limits the quantitative value. Third, the gluelump masses are only plotted as relative splittings and the self-energy mismatch in Eq. (3) is acknowledged but not quantified. These are addressable limitations, not fatal flaws, and they are normal for a proceedings contribution.

One thing I want to push back on: the stress-test note worries that the truncated basis is a 'weakest link' with no safeguard. On reading the paper, the internal E/T2 agreement and the volume agreement do provide some safeguard that the method is not wildly off, but they do not protect against a common bias from the eigenbasis truncation. So the concern stands, but its severity is moderate, not critical. The paper is honest about what is preliminary.

Who is this for? Lattice practitioners and hadron phenomenologists using Born-Oppenheimer models for hybrid and exotic mesons. It gives them a new data point at nearly physical pion mass, with the caveat that it is not yet continuum-extrapolated.

Recommendation: if this crossed my desk as a journal submission, I would send it to review. The missing N_vec study and continuum extrapolation would be the referee's main asks, but the paper is a legitimate and useful contribution. I would not desk-reject it.

Referee Report

2 major / 4 minor

Summary. This proceedings paper presents lattice QCD computations of hybrid static quark-antiquark potentials using a novel "Laplace trial state" construction, in which gluonic excitations are introduced through covariant derivatives of the lowest Laplacian eigenvectors, with Gaussian profiles and a GEVP used to improve overlaps. The same paper computes gluelump masses on an extended basis of 35 spatial loop shapes for ensembles with N_f=0, 2, and 3+1 dynamical quarks (pion masses down to 406 MeV). The hybrid potentials are compared with static-light S- and P-wave thresholds, and the lowest gluelump masses are overlaid at R->0 as the expected limit of the hybrid potentials. Statistical errors are estimated with the Gamma method via pyerrors.

Significance. If the results are correct, they provide new lattice-QCD inputs for Born-Oppenheimer effective models of hybrid mesons, including excited hybrid channels and string-breaking thresholds for N_f=3+1 QCD with physical-ish pions. The Laplace trial-state method offers practical advantages: off-axis separations can be computed easily, and perambulator-based contractions open the way to studies of string breaking. The internal cross-checks are a genuine strength: the E and T2 gluelump representations agree for the J=2 channel, and the A1/A2 volumes give consistent gluelump masses. No machine-checked proofs or released code accompany the paper, so reproducibility rests on the textual description. The central new systematic—truncation of the Laplacian eigenbasis—is not tested, which limits the strength of the claims at this stage.

major comments (2)

[Section 2, Eqs. for C_Sigma and C_Pi, Table 1] The hybrid potentials are constructed from the lowest N_vec Laplacian eigenvectors (N_vec=100 on A1/A2 and 200 on A1h, Table 1), and the correlation functions sum only over these modes and their covariant derivatives. The paper provides no convergence test with respect to N_vec and no comparison of the resulting potentials with standard Wilson-loop hybrid potentials (e.g., Ref. [6]). Since the trial-state space is confined to these modes, an incomplete basis could bias every extracted V(R) and the R->0 comparison with gluelumps. The authors should add a controlled check, for example by repeating one ensemble with a larger N_vec, or by comparing at least the ground-state Sigma_g^+ potential with a Wilson-loop calculation on the same ensembles, and discuss the expected size of the truncation effect.
[Section 4, Figure 2 and Eq. (3)] The overlay of gluelump masses on the hybrid potentials at R->0 relies on the approximate self-energy relation m_self = (N^2/(N^2-1)) V_self, and the text states that subtracting twice the static-light S-wave mass "does not completely remove" the self-energy contribution. The figure shows no systematic uncertainty for this residual self-energy difference. Because the claim that gluelump masses are the R->0 limit of the hybrid potentials is central, the authors should either quantify the residual mismatch (for instance by estimating V_self on the same ensembles through a Wilson-loop computation) or explicitly state that the R->0 correspondence is qualitative and carries an unquantified self-energy uncertainty.

minor comments (4)

[Section 2, first paragraph] The symbol \bar{\tau}_{ij} is introduced in the text but is not used in the displayed equations, where only \tau_{ij} and \tau_{ji} appear; please clarify the notation for the conjugate perambulator.
[Figure 2 and caption] The labels for excited channels such as \Sigma_g' and \Pi_u' are not defined in the caption or the text; please add a brief explanation, for example that these are the first excited states obtained from the GEVP.
[Section 3, Table 1 and Section 4] The text refers to "A1 heavy" while the table uses "A1h"; to avoid confusion, a single consistent ensemble name should be used throughout.
[Section 4, first paragraph] The statement that "the individual energies consistently increase with decreasing pion mass" is ambiguous, since the plotted quantities are mass differences with respect to the T_1^{+-} state; please specify whether this refers to the absolute gluelump masses or to the relative splittings.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the hybrid potentials and gluelump masses are independent correlation-function extractions, and their R->0 agreement is a consistency check, not a fitted constraint.

full rationale

The paper's central outputs are effective energies extracted from Euclidean correlators: C_Sigma and C_Pi built from Laplacian eigenvector trial states with covariant-derivative insertions, and C_Lambda^PC built from spatial Wilson loops with adjoint static lines. These are different operator sets; neither is defined in terms of the other's output. The Gaussian profiles and GEVP select superpositions within each correlator but do not enforce any target mass. The gluelump masses are not obtained by extrapolating the hybrid potentials to R=0; they are computed separately and overlaid on the potential plots ('We include the lowest gluelump masses corresponding to the R->0 limit... the limits look reasonable'), which is a comparison, not a derivation. The static-light thresholds m_S, m_P1/2, m_P3/2 are taken from the authors' companion paper [42]; they enter only as reference levels for plotting V(R)-2m_S and marking string-breaking thresholds, so they do not fix the potential values. Methodological self-citations [14,15] introduce the Laplace trial-state construction, but the present paper applies that construction to new hybrid and gluelump observables; the cited results are not the target result. The acknowledged limitation--that the gluelump self-energy subtraction 'does not completely remove' the mismatch--and the absence of a Wilson-loop cross-check are accuracy and convergence concerns, not evidence that any output is equivalent to an input by construction.

Assumptions & free parameters 3 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard lattice QCD machinery plus a set of domain assumptions about operator quantum numbers, eigenvector-basis completeness, the self-energy relation Eq. (3), and static-light thresholds from a companion paper. The main unverified item is the finite N_vec truncation, which is both a free parameter and an axiom in this ledger. No new physical entities are introduced.

free parameters (3)

Gaussian profile widths sigma_k = 7 widths, values not listed
Section 2: profiles rho_k(lambda_i)=exp(-lambda_i^2/4 sigma_k^2) weight Laplacian eigenmodes in the GEVP. Chosen by hand to improve overlap; numerical values are not reported.
Laplacian eigenvector truncation N_l_vec = 100 (A1, A2), 200 (A1h)
Table 1: only the lowest N_vec eigenvectors per time slice enter the Laplace trial states. No convergence study with larger N_vec is shown.
APE and HYP2 smearing parameters = APE 20 steps alpha=0.5; HYP2 alpha1=1, alpha2=1, alpha3=0.5
Section 3: standard smearing choices that define the operator basis; they affect statistical and systematic quality but are not physical outputs.

assumptions (4)

domain assumption The covariant-derivative operators built from Laplacian eigenvectors project onto the claimed hybrid quantum numbers (Sigma_g/u, Pi_g/u).
Section 2 defines C_Sigma and C_Pi with derivatives parallel or perpendicular to R and assumes the resulting P, C, and rotation labels; no operator-overlap or quantum-number verification is shown in this proceedings.
ad hoc to paper The truncated Laplacian eigenbasis (100 to 200 vectors) is sufficient for hybrid and gluelump correlation functions.
Table 1 fixes N_l_vec; the paper gives no convergence check, making this a paper-specific assumption.
domain assumption The adjoint self-energy is related to the fundamental self-energy by m_self = (N^2/(N^2-1)) V_self (Eq. 3), so gluelump masses can be plotted together with hybrid potentials without an additional shift.
Equation (3) is taken from prior perturbative and lattice studies [9,21-25], and the text notes the subtraction does not completely remove self-energy contributions.
domain assumption Static-light S-wave and P-wave threshold masses from the companion distillation study [42] provide the correct string-breaking scales.
Figure 2 marks m_S, m_P1/2, and m_P3/2; these thresholds are not derived in this paper but are taken from [42] by overlapping authors.

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Pith. "Pith review of Hybrid static potentials and gluelumps on $N_f=3+1$ ensembles." pith.science (2026). https://pith.science/paper/PG7P2M55

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abstract

QCD permits the existence of hybrid mesons that are made up of both quarks and gluons, including exotic states, i.e., quantum numbers prohibited for pure quark-antiquark states, with possible candidates found in experiments. We present static hybrid potentials measured via Laplace trial states together with static-light meson thresholds on $N_f=3+1$ dynamical fermion ensembles with 420 MeV pions. Furthermore, we measure corresponding gluelump masses which refer to the $R\rightarrow0$ limit of the hybrid potentials and are essential input parameters for effective models to describe hybrid mesons.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2501.15670 by the authors.

**Figure 1.** Relative gluelump masses𝑟0Δ𝑚𝑒 𝑓 𝑓 = 𝑟0/𝑎 ( 𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓 𝑓 ,Λ−𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓 𝑓 ,𝑇1 +− ) on ensembles qE (quenched), Em1 (𝑚𝜋 = 2.2GeV), A1 heavy (𝑚𝜋 = 788 MeV) and A1 light (𝑚𝜋 = 406 MeV). eigenvectors, derived from a generalized eigenvalue problem. A high resolution of the hybrid static potentials can be achieved as off-axis distances can easily be computed in the new approach. We present a hybrid static spectrum including excited s… view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Hybrid static potentials and corresponding gluelumps on Em1 (top) and A2 (bottom) relative to twice the static-light S-wave mass 𝑚𝑆 and the 𝑃1/2-wave mass 𝑚𝑃1/2 . For A2 we also show the 𝑃3/2-wave mass. 7 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_2.png] view at source ↗

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