210 research outputs found
The CPT group of the spin-3/2 field
We find out that both the matrix and the operator CPT groups of the spin-3/2
field (with or without mass) are respectively isomorphic to
and . These groups are exactly
the same groups as for the Dirac field, though there is no a priori reason why
they should coincide.Comment: 9 pages. We are replacing the original version (v1) because there was
a mistake in the calculation which led to wrong group
Exclusive Decuplet-Baryon Pair Production in Two-Photon Collisions
This work extends our previous studies of two-photon annihilation into
baryon-antibaryon pairs from spin-1/2 octet to spin-3/2 decuplet baryons. Our
approach is based on perturbative QCD and treats baryons as quark-diquark
systems. Using the same model parameters as in our previous work, supplemented
by QCD sum-rule results for decuplet baryon wave functions, we are able to give
absolute predictions for decuplet baryon cross sections without introducing new
parameters. We find that the cross section is of the same order
of magnitude as the proton cross section, well within experimental bounds.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure
Baryons in O(4) and Vibron Model
The structure of the reported excitation spectra of the light unflavored
baryons is described in terms of multi-spin valued Lorentz group
representations of the so called Rarita-Schwinger (RS) type (K/2, K/2)* [(1/
2,0)+ (0,1/2)] with K=1,3, and 5. We first motivate legitimacy of such pattern
as fundamental fields as they emerge in the decomposition of triple fermion
constructs into Lorentz representations. We then study the baryon realization
of RS fields as composite systems by means of the quark version of the U(4)
symmetric diatomic rovibron model. In using the U(4)/ O(4)/ O(3)/ O(2)
reduction chain, we are able to reproduce quantum numbers and mass splittings
of the above resonance assemblies. We present the essentials of the four
dimensional angular momentum algebra and construct electromagnetic tensor
operators. The predictive power of the model is illustrated by ratios of
reduced probabilities concerning electric de-excitations of various resonances
to the nucleon.Comment: Phys. Rev. D (in press, 2001
The QCD string and the generalised wave equation
The equation for QCD string proposed earlier is reviewed. This equation
appears when we examine the gonihedric string model and the corresponding
transfer matrix. Arguing that string equation should have a generalized Dirac
form we found the corresponding infinite-dimensional gamma matrices as a
symmetric solution of the Majorana commutation relations. The generalized gamma
matrices are anticommuting and guarantee unitarity of the theory at all orders
of . In the second quantized form the equation does not have unwanted
ghost states in Fock space. In the absence of Casimir mass terms the spectrum
reminds hydrogen exitations. On every mass level there are different
charged particles with spin running from up to , and the
degeneracy is equal to . This is in contrast with the
exponential degeneracy in superstring theory.Comment: 11 pages LaTeX, uses lamuphys.sty and bibnorm.sty,; Based on talks
given at the 6th Hellenic School and Workshop on Elementary Particle Physics,
Corfu, Greece, September 19-26, 1998 and at the International Workshop
"ISMP", Tbilisi, Georgia, September 12-18, 199
Spin Effects in Two Quark System and Mixed States
Based on the numeric solution of a system of coupled channels for vector
mesons (- and -waves mixing) and for tensor mesons (- and -waves
mixing) mass spectrum and wave functions of a family of vector mesons
in triplet states are obtained. The calculations are performed using
a well known Cornell potential with a mixed Lorentz-structure of the
confinement term. The spin-dependent part of the potential is taken from the
Breit-Fermi approach. The effect of singular terms of potential is considered
in the framework of the perturbation theory and by a configuration interaction
approach (CIA), modified for a system of coupled equations. It is shown that
even a small contribution of the -wave to be very important at the
calculation of certain characteristics of the meson states.Comment: 12 pages, LaTe
On the precision of chiral-dispersive calculations of scattering
We calculate the combination (the Olsson sum rule)
and the scattering lengths and effective ranges , and ,
dispersively (with the Froissart--Gribov representation) using, at
low energy, the phase shifts for scattering obtained by Colangelo,
Gasser and Leutwyler (CGL) from the Roy equations and chiral perturbation
theory, plus experiment and Regge behaviour at high energy, or directly, using
the CGL parameters for s and s. We find mismatch, both among the CGL
phases themselves and with the results obtained from the pion form factor. This
reaches the level of several (2 to 5) standard deviations, and is essentially
independent of the details of the intermediate energy region ( GeV) and, in some cases, of the high energy behaviour assumed. We discuss
possible reasons for this mismatch, in particular in connection with an
alternate set of phase shifts.Comment: Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D. Graphs and sum rule added. Plain
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On the precision of the theoretical predictions for pi pi scattering
In a recent paper, Pelaez and Yndurain evaluate some of the low energy
observables of pi pi scattering and obtain flat disagreement with our earlier
results. The authors work with unsubtracted dispersion relations, so that their
results are very sensitive to the poorly known high energy behaviour of the
scattering amplitude. They claim that the asymptotic representation we used is
incorrect and propose an alternative one. We repeat their calculations on the
basis of the standard, subtracted fixed-t dispersion relations, using their
asymptotics. The outcome fully confirms our earlier findings. Moreover, we show
that the Regge parametrization proposed by these authors for the region above
1.4 GeV violates crossing symmetry: Their ansatz is not consistent with the
behaviour observed at low energies.Comment: Added more material, mostly in Sects. 7, 8 and 9, in support of the
same conclusions. Latex, 28 pages, 3 figure
Modelling nucleon-nucleon scattering above 1 GeV
Motivated by the recent measurement of proton-proton spin-correlation
parameters up to 2.5 GeV laboratory energy, we investigate models for
nucleon-nucleon (NN) scattering above 1 GeV. Signatures for a gradual failure
of the traditional meson model with increasing energy can be clearly
identified. Since spin effects are large up to tens of GeV, perturbative QCD
cannot be invoked to fix the problems. We discuss various theoretical scenarios
and come to the conclusion that we do not have a clear phenomenological
understanding of the spin-dependence of the NN interaction above 1 GeV.Comment: 36 pages, 8 figure
Meson Cloud of the Nucleon in Polarized Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering
We investigate the possibility of identifying an explicit pionic component of
the nucleon through measurements of polarized baryon fragments
produced in deep-inelastic leptoproduction off polarized protons, which may
help to identify the physical mechanism responsible for the breaking of the
Gottfried sum rule. The pion-exchange model predicts highly correlated
polarizations of the and target proton, in marked contrast with
the competing diquark fragmentation process. Measurement of asymmetries in
polarized production may also reveal the presence of a kaon cloud in
the nucleon.Comment: 23 pages REVTeX, 7 uuencoded figures, accepted for publication in
Zeit. Phys.
The Heat Kernel on AdS_3 and its Applications
We derive the heat kernel for arbitrary tensor fields on S^3 and (Euclidean)
AdS_3 using a group theoretic approach. We use these results to also obtain the
heat kernel on certain quotients of these spaces. In particular, we give a
simple, explicit expression for the one loop determinant for a field of
arbitrary spin s in thermal AdS_3. We apply this to the calculation of the one
loop partition function of N=1 supergravity on AdS_3. We find that the answer
factorizes into left- and right-moving super Virasoro characters built on the
SL(2, C) invariant vacuum, as argued by Maloney and Witten on general grounds.Comment: 46 pages, LaTeX, v2: Reference adde
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