Hyperons in Two Flavor Chiral Perturbation Theory

Aug, 2008
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 669 (2008) 246-253
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Report number:
  • UMD-40762-416

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We use two-flavor chiral perturbation theory to describe hyperons. We focus on the strangeness conserving sector, and, as an example, calculate hyperon masses. Convergence of this two-flavor chiral expansion for observables is improved over the three-flavor theory. The cost, however, is a larger number of low-energy constants that must be ultimately determined from lattice QCD data. A formula for the mass of the omega baryon is derived to sixth order in this expansion, and will aid lattice practitioners in scale setting or tuning the strange quark mass.
  • 12.39.Fe
  • 14.20.Jn
  • hyperon: mass
  • effective Lagrangian: chiral
  • symmetry: SU(2)
  • mass formula
  • Omega-: mass
  • symmetry: SU(3)
  • pi: mass
  • model: Gell-Mann-Okubo