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We present results for the I = 2 ππ scattering length using N f = 2 + 1 + 1 twisted mass lattice QCD for three values of the lattice spacing and a range of pion mass values. Due to the use of Laplacian Heaviside smearing our statistical errors are reduced compared to previous lattice studies. A detailed investigation of systematic effects such as discretisation effects, volume effects, and pollution of excited and thermal states is performed. After extrapolation to the physical point using chiral perturbation theory at NLO we obtain M π a 0 = − 0.0442(2)stat( + 4− 0 )sys.
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The ETM collaboration., Helmes, C., Jost, C. et al. Hadron-hadron interactions from N f = 2 + 1 + 1 lattice QCD: isospin-2 ππ scattering length. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 109 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)109
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