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Title: Decays of nonstrange positive parity excited baryons in the 1/N{sub c} expansion

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668 (United States)
  2. Physics Department, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (1429) Buenos Aires (Argentina)

The decays of nonstrange positive parity excited baryons via emission of a pseudoscalar meson are studied in the framework of the 1/N{sub c} expansion to order 1/N{sub c}. In particular, the pionic decays of the l=0 Roper baryons and of the l=2 baryons in the mass interval 1680-1950 MeV are analyzed using the available partial decay widths. Decay widths by emission of an {eta} meson are shown to be suppressed by a factor 1/N{sub c}{sup 2} with respect to the pionic ones.

OSTI ID:
20711232
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 72, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.034024; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English