A Linear Sigma Model with Three Flavors and Vector and Axial-Vector Mesons

Abstract

We outline the extension of the globally chirally invariant Nf = 2 linear sigma model with vector and axial-vector degrees of freedom to Nf=3. We present preliminary results concerning the scalar meson masses.Comment: Prepared for the Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction (MESON 2010), in Krakow, Poland, 10-15 June 2010. Three page