Light quark masses and pseudoscalar decay constants from Nf=2 twisted mass QCD

We present the results of the lattice QCD calculation of the average up-down and strange quark masses and of the light meson pseudoscalar decay constants, recently performed with Nf=2 dynamical fermions by the ETM Collaboration. The simulation is carried out at a single value of the lattice spacing with the twisted mass fermionic action at maximal twist, which guarantees automatic O(a)-improvement of the physical quantities. Quark masses are renormalized by implementing the non perturbative RI-MOM renormalization procedure. Our results for the light quark masses are m_{ud}^{MSbar}(2 Gev)=3.85 ± 0.12 ± 0.40 MeV, m_s^{MSbar}(2 Gev)=105 ± 3 ± 9 MeV and m_s/m_{ud}=27.3 ± 0.3 ± 1.2. We also obtain f_K=161.7 ± 1.2 ± 3.1 MeV and the ratio f_K/f_pi=1.227 ± 0.009 ± 0.024. From this ratio, by using the experimental determination of Gamma(K -> mu {bar nu}mu (gamma))/Gamma(pi -> mu {bar nu}mu (gamma)) and the average value of |V{ud}| from nuclear beta decays, we obtain |V{us}|=0.2192(5)(45), in agreement with the determination from K_{l3} decays and the unitarity constraint.