Five Pseudoscalar Vertex, the {Wess-Zumino} Term and Hidden Gauge Vector Mesons

Mar 21, 1988
15 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 489 (1988) 612-626
  • Published: 1988
Report number:
  • SACLAY-PHT-87-173

Citations per year

198919931997200120051230
Abstract: (Elsevier)
We show that the five-pseudoscalar vertex such as K + K − → π + π − π 0 , when considered in conjunction with the topological quantization of the Wess-Zumino term, puts a severe constraint on the structure of skyrmion models that include “strong” vector mesons. It is argued that only the hidden gauge approach satisfies the constraint. The relevance of chiral anomalies in low-energy effective theories of QCD is also discussed.
  • VERTEX FUNCTION: (5PSEUDOSCALAR MESON)
  • FIELD THEORY: WESS-ZUMINO TERM
  • QUANTIZATION: TOPOLOGICAL
  • Skyrme model
  • VECTOR MESON: GAUGE BOSON
  • QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS: EFFECTIVE LAGRANGIANS
  • ANOMALY: CHIRAL