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Fermionic Bound States and Pseudoscalar Exchange

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We discuss the possibility that fermions bind due to Higgs or pseudoscalar exchange. It is reasonable to believe on qualitative grounds that this can occur for fermions with a mass larger than 800-900 GeV. An exchange of a pseudoscalar boson leads in the non-relativistic limit to an unacceptable potential which behaves like 1/r^3 at the origin. We show that this singular behaviour is smeared out when relativistic effects are included.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9811422,
  title  = {Fermionic Bound States and Pseudoscalar Exchange},
  author = {A Anselm and N Dombey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9811422},
  year   = {2008}
}