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Nonperturbative self-consistent unitary loop corrections to Skyrmion masses

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)
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  1. Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (USA)

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) effectively reduces to a nonlinear meson theory in the color-number {ital N}{sub {ital c}}{r arrow}{infinity} limit. The nucleon and {Delta} masses arising as solitons from such a theory usually turn out to be too large if phenomenological values are used for the meson parameters. Within a static-baryon approximation, however, we find that soft nonperturbative self-consistent unitary hadron-loop corrections (corresponding to quark-loop higher-1/{ital N}{sub {ital c}} orders in QCD) can lower these masses by the kind of magnitude needed to make them consistent with experiment, whereas a first-order 1/{ital N}{sub {ital c}} correction is much smaller.

OSTI ID:
6915953
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 41:5; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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