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Title: Volume behavior of quark condensate, pion mass, and decay constant from Dyson-Schwinger equations

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstrasse 9, D-64289 Darmstadt (Germany)

We solve the coupled system of Dyson-Schwinger and Bethe-Salpeter equations for the quark propagator and the pion Bethe-Salpeter amplitude on a finite volume. To this end we use a truncation scheme that includes pion cloud effects in the quark propagator and light mesons. We study volume effects in the quark condensate, the pion mass, and the pion decay constant and compare to corresponding results in other approaches. In general we find large effects for volumes below V=(1.8 fm){sup 4}.

OSTI ID:
21409929
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.094005; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English