2012/08/31 by Denis Parganlija, Péter Kovács, Peter Kovacs +4 · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Hadron #Isospin #Meson #Nonlinear system #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Phenomenology (philosophy) #Physics #Pseudoscalar #Pseudovector #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Quantum number #Scalar (mathematics) #Scalar meson #Sigma model #Vector meson #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.87.014011
29 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. v2 is the updated version after referee remarks (dilaton field discussed, a new figure added)
openalex publication_date 2013/01/08 · arxiv created 2013/01/16 · arxiv updated 2015/03/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study scalar, pseudoscalar, vector, and axial-vector mesons with nonstrange and strange quantum numbers in the framework of a linear sigma model with global chiral U(Nf)L\ifmmode×\else\texttimes\fiU(Nf)R symmetry. We perform a global fit of meson masses, decay widths, as well as decay amplitudes. The quality of the fit is, for a hadronic model that does not consider isospin-breaking effects, surprisingly good. We also investigate the question whether the scalar qq states lie below or above 1 GeV and find the scalar states above 1 GeV to be preferred as qq states. Additionally, we also describe the axial-vector resonances as qq states.