Instantons in {QCD}. 2. Correlators of Pseudoscalar and Scalar Currents

Apr, 1988
29 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 319 (1989) 541-569
  • Published: 1989
Report number:
  • IYF-88-63

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We calculate the instanton-induced contributions to correlation functions in the QCD vacuum using numerical data on the ensemble of pseudoparticles (PPs) obtained previously. We show how quarks, “hopping” from one PP to another, do form the pseudoscalar mesons, with parameters close to the experimental ones. The hierarchy of the π, K, η, η′ masses are explained, as well as the sign and (approximately) the magnitude of the ηη′ mixing. All octet members have about the same coupling constants, while that for η′ seems to be larger by about 50%. Our results for the I = 1 scalar channel are consistent with the meson mass around 1 GeV and the coupling close to that of the pion.
  • QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
  • CURRENT: CORRELATION FUNCTION
  • CURRENT: SCALAR
  • CURRENT: PSEUDOSCALAR
  • FIELD THEORY: INSTANTON
  • HADRON SPECTROSCOPY
  • FIELD THEORY: ASYMPTOTIC FREEDOM
  • SYMMETRY BREAKING: SU(3)
  • INTERFERENCE: (ETA(958) ETA)
  • FERMION: ZERO MODE