Quark Mass Generation by Instantons

Caldi, D.G.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.121

Quark Mass Generation by Instantons

D.G. Caldi
(
- Rutgers U., Piscataway
)

May, 1977

12 pages

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Phys.Rev.Lett. 39 (1977) 121

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.121

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RU-77-04

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Abstract: (APS)

The pseudoparticle-induced multiquark interaction is shown to produce a spontaneously generated quark mass as calculated by a Hartree-Fock treatment. Hence pseudoparticles lead to a dynamical mechanism for spontaneous breaking of chiral SU(N)⊗SU(N) for N flavors.

QUARK: MASS
MASS: QUARK
QUARK QUARK: INTERACTION
INTERACTION: QUARK QUARK
APPROXIMATION: HARTREE-FOCK
SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
SYMMETRY: CHIRAL
SYMMETRY: SU(N) X SU(N)
SYMMETRY: SU(2)
QUARK: FLAVOR

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