title: Magnetic moments of light nuclei from lattice quantum chromodynamics.
abstract: We present the results of lattice QCD calculations of the magnetic moments of the lightest nuclei, the deuteron, the triton, and ^{3}He, along with those of the neutron and proton. These calculations, performed at quark masses corresponding to m_{π}∼800  MeV, reveal that the structure of these nuclei at unphysically heavy quark masses closely resembles that at the physical quark masses. In particular, we find that the magnetic moment of ^{3}He differs only slightly from that of a free neutron, as is the case in nature, indicating that the shell-model configuration of two spin-paired protons and a valence neutron captures its dominant structure. Similarly a shell-model-like moment is found for the triton, μ_{^{3}H}∼μ_{p}. The deuteron magnetic moment is found to be equal to the nucleon isoscalar moment within the uncertainties of the calculations. Furthermore, deviations from the Schmidt limits are also found to be similar to those in nature for these nuclei. These findings suggest that at least some nuclei at these unphysical quark masses are describable by a phenomenological nuclear shell model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Box 351560, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Beane
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Box 351560, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA and Institute for Nuclear Theory, Box 351550, Seattle, Washington 98195-1550, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Box 351560, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA and Institute for Nuclear Theory, Box 351550, Seattle, Washington 98195-1550, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Detmold
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Box 351560, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795, USA and Jefferson Laboratory, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Orginos
authors.affiliation: Dept. d'Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria. Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICC), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí Franquès 1, E08028-Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parreño
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Box 351560, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA and Institute for Nuclear Theory, Box 351550, Seattle, Washington 98195-1550, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA and Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, USA and RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Tiburzi