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A Bethe-Salpeter model for light mesons: spectra and decays
The spectra and electroweak decay properties of light mesons are analyzed
within the framework of the instantaneous Bethe-Salpeter equation. The
interaction kernel comprises alternative spin-structures for a parameterization
of confinement and a residual quark-antiquark interaction based on instanton
effects. It is shown that only with a vector confinement the parameters can be
chosen such as to yield an excellent description of the light pseudoscalar and
vector mesons including weak and two photon decays. However it is found that it
is not possible to reconcile this with the Regge behavior of higher lying meson
states with the same parameter set.Comment: 12 pages, RevTeX, TK-93-1