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Quenched Chiral Perturbation Theory for Baryons

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We develop quenched chiral perturbation theory for baryons using the graded-symmetry formalism of Bernard and Golterman and calculate non-analytic contributions to the baryon masses coming from quenched chiral loops. The usual term proportional to mq3/2m_{q}^{3/2} is substantially altered due to the cancellation of diagrams with internal quark loops. In addition, the η\eta' ``hairpin'' vertex leads to a new correction, proportional to mq1/2m_{q}^{1/2}. We compare our results to numerical lattice data and use them to estimate the size of the quenching error in the octet baryon masses.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9312067,
  title  = {Quenched Chiral Perturbation Theory for Baryons},
  author = {James N. Labrenz and Stephen R. Sharpe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9312067},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages (An abridged version of this note will appear in the proceedings of Lattice'93. Latex + 14 postscript files, bundled using uufiles. Needs psfig.) UW/PT-93-07