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Bound states in Yukawa theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-08-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

A generalization of the Gell-Mann-Low Theorem is applied to bound state calculations in Yukawa theory. The resulting effective Schroedinger equation is solved numerically for two-fermion bound states with the exchange of a massless boson. The complete low-lying bound state spectrum is obtained for different ratios of the constituent masses. No abnormal solutions are found. We show the consistency of the non-relativistic and one-body limits and discuss the special cases of identical fermions and fermion-antifermion states. To our knowledge, this is the first consistent calculation of bound states in pure Yukawa theory (without UV cutoff).

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0506123,
  title  = {Bound states in Yukawa theory},
  author = {Axel Weber and Norbert E. Ligterink},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0506123},
  year   = {2009}
}

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62 pages, 6 eps figures