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Dashen's theorem and electromagnetic masses of the mesons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

Employing U(3)L×U(3)RU(3)_L\times U(3)_R chiral field theory, we find that Dashen's theorem, which holds for pseudoscalar mesons, can be generalized to the sector of axial-vector mesons, however, fails for vector mesons.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9612258,
  title  = {Dashen's theorem and electromagnetic masses of the mesons},
  author = {Dao-Neng Gao and Mu-Lin Yan and Bing-An Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9612258},
  year   = {2008}
}

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