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QCD sum rules and the MIT bag

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6981889

The QCD Sum Rules provide a theoretical method to compute the resonance masses of hadrons in terms of QCD parameters and a number of vacuum matrix elements like the quark and gluon condensates. But this method when analyzed in terms of a nonrelativistic potential model for charmonium has produced some considerable criticism. Also the MIT Bag has been a very successful resonance model for low lying hadrons. In order to examine the sum rule methodology and its criticism, a sum rule procedure for the MIT Bag is developed. The photon polarization operator in the Bag model is calculated using a prescription to remove the center of mass degrees of freedom. The SVZ moments are computed and the prediction of the ground state of charmonium is explored. In order to introduce confinement perturbatively, the multiple reflection expansion (MRE) of quark propagator is used and the resulting behavior of SVZ moments is studied. This investigation is also carried out in the case of exponential moments. The nonrelativistic expansion of these moments is also developed. The criticism of QCD sum rule approach is analyzed in this context. The analysis supports the validity of the criticism.

Research Organization:
South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC (USA)
OSTI ID:
6981889
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English