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Title: Baryon structure in a quark-confining nonlocal Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD (United Kingdom)
  2. Theoretical Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom)

We study the nucleon and diquarks in a nonlocal Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. For certain parameters the model exhibits quark confinement, in the form of a propagator without real poles. After truncation of the two-body channels to the scalar and axial-vector diquarks, a relativistic Faddeev equation for nucleon bound states is solved in the covariant diquark-quark picture. The dependence of the nucleon mass on diquark masses is studied in detail. We find parameters that lead to a simultaneous reasonable description of pions and nucleons. Both the diquarks contribute attractively to the nucleon mass. Axial-vector diquark correlations are seen to be important, especially in the confining phase of the model. We study the possible implications of quark confinement for the description of the diquarks and the nucleon. In particular, we find that it leads to a more compact nucleon.

OSTI ID:
20695841
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 70, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.70.065203; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English