Light pseudoscalar mesons in a nonlocal SU(3) chiral quark model

We study the properties of the light pseudoscalar mesons in a three-flavor chiral quark model with nonlocal separable interactions. We concentrate on the evaluation of meson masses and decay constants, considering both the cases of Gaussian and Lorentzian nonlocal regulators. The results are found t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Scarpettini, A., Gómez Dumm, Daniel Alberto, Scoccola, Norberto Nerio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/126360
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126360
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
light pseudoscalar mesons
chiral quark model
nonlocal separable interactions
meson masses
decay constants
Descripción
Sumario:We study the properties of the light pseudoscalar mesons in a three-flavor chiral quark model with nonlocal separable interactions. We concentrate on the evaluation of meson masses and decay constants, considering both the cases of Gaussian and Lorentzian nonlocal regulators. The results are found to be in quite good agreement with the empirical values, in particular in the case of the ratio f<sub>K</sub> / f<sub>π</sub> and the anomalous decay π⁰ → γγ. In addition, the model leads to a reasonable description of the observed phenomenology in the η-η' sector, even though it implies the existence of two significantly different state mixing angles.