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Interpolating 't Hooft model between instant and front forms

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-08-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The 't Hooft model, i.e. the two-dimensional quantum chromodynamics in the limit of infinite number of colors, is interpolated by an angle parameter δ\delta between δ=0\delta=0 for the instant form dynamics (IFD) and δ=π/4\delta=\pi/4 for the light-front dynamics (LFD). With this parameter δ\delta, we formulate the interpolating mass gap equation which takes into account the non-trivial vacuum effect on the bare fermion mass to find the dressed fermion mass. Our interpolating mass gap solutions link the IFD and LFD results with the δ\delta parameter. We find the interpolation angle independent characteristic energy function which satisfies the energy-momentum dispersion relation of the dressed fermion, identifying the renormalized fermion mass function and the wave function renormalization factor. Using the dressed fermion propagator interpolating between IFD and LFD, we derive the corresponding quark-antiquark bound-state equation in the interpolating formulation. The mass spectra of mesons bearing the feature of the Regge trajectories are found independent of the δ\delta-parameter for the equal mass quark and antiquark bound-states. The Gell-Mann - Oakes - Renner relation for the pionic ground-state in the zero fermion mass limit is confirmed indicating that the spontaneous breaking of the chiral symmetry occurs regardless of the quantization for 0δπ/40 \le \delta \le \pi/4. We obtain the corresponding bound-state wave functions and discuss their reference frame dependence. Applying them for the computation of the so-called quasi parton distribution functions, we note a possibility of utilizing not only the reference frame dependence but also the interpolation angle dependence to get an alternative effective approach to the LFD-like results.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2105.09388,
  title  = {Interpolating 't Hooft model between instant and front forms},
  author = {Bailing Ma and Chueng-Ryong Ji},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.09388},
  year   = {2021}
}
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