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Quark mass differences and isospin violation in the pion-nucleon coupling constants

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)

We investigate the pseudoscalar pion-nucleon constants in the framework of various chiral models of the nucleon. We demonstrate that strong isospin violation (m/sub u/not =m/sub d/) does not lead to a charge dependence of the pion-nucleon vertex as recently reported on the basis of NN scattering data. Using the equivalence theorem, we show that the pion mass difference leads to a 3% effect in the pseudovector ..pi..N coupling constants.

Research Organization:
Centre de Recherches Nucleaires and Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, Groupe de Physique Nucleaire Theorique, F-67037 Strasbourg CEDEX, France
OSTI ID:
6032415
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 39:5; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English