Normalization of the covariant three-body bound state vertex function

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review, C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.56.641· OSTI ID:565389

Gross, F; Van Orden, J W ^[1]; Gross, F; Savkli, C ^[2]; Van Orden, J W ^[3]

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1. Jefferson Laboratory, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 (United States)
3. Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529 (United States)

The normalization condition for the relativistic three nucleon Bethe-Salpeter and Gross bound state vertex functions is derived, for the first time, directly from the three-body wave equations. It is also shown that the relativistic normalization condition for the two-body Gross bound state vertex function is identical to the requirement that the bound state charge be conserved, proving that charge is automatically conserved by this equation. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• DOE Contract Number: FG05-88ER40435
• OSTI ID: 565389
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 56; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION
BOUND STATE
NUCLEONS
THREE-BODY PROBLEM
VERTEX FUNCTIONS
WAVE EQUATIONS