2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178802We evaluate the continuum limit of the valence (quenched) approximation to the mass of the lightest scalar quarkonium state for a range of different quark masses and to the mixing energy between these states and the lightest scalar glueball. Our results support the interpretation of $f_0(1710)$ as composed mainly of the lightest scalar glueball.61 pages, including 43 figures; to appear in PRDHigh Energy Physics - LatticeHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext