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Abstract:
We present the first results of a study on meson spectroscopy using a covariant formalism based on the Covariant Spectator Theory. Our approach is derived directly in Minkowski space and it approximates the Bethe–Salpeter equation by taking effectively into account the contributions from both ladder and crossed ladder diagrams in the qq¯qq¯ interaction kernel. A general Lorentz structure of the kernel is tested and chiral constraints on the kernel are discussed. Results for the pion form factor are also presented.
  • Bethe-Salpeter equation
  • Dyson-Schwinger equation
  • space: Minkowski
  • covariance
  • symmetry: Lorentz
  • pi: form factor
  • form factor: electromagnetic
  • Ward-Takahashi identity: axial-vector
  • symmetry: chiral
  • pi pi: scattering
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