arXiv · nucl-th/9605027
Ground-state Spectrum of Light-quark Mesons
Abstract
A confining, Goldstone theorem preserving, separable Ansatz for the ladder kernel of the two-body Bethe-Salpeter equation is constructed from phenomenologically efficacious $u$, $d$ and $s$ dressed-quark propagators. The simplicity of the approach is its merit. It provides a good description of the ground-state isovector-pseudoscalar, vector and axial-vector meson spectrum; facilitates an exploration of the relative importance of various components of the two-body Bethe-Salpeter amplitudes, showing that sub-leading Dirac components are quantitatively important in the isovector-pseudoscalar meson channels; and allows a scrutiny of the domain of applicability of ladder truncation studies. A colour-antitriplet diquark spectrum is obtained. Shortcomings of separable Ansätze and the ladder kernel are highlighted.
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C. J. Burden, Lu Qian, C. D. Roberts, P. C. Tandy, M. J. Thomson. 1996-05-17. Ground-state Spectrum of Light-quark Mesons. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.55.2649
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