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Riddle of the scalars: where is the sigma?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The riddle of the sigma is recast in a way that tries to differentiate fact from fiction as a basis for future/further discussion. By doing this, it is hoped that the role of the sigma as dominating the ubiquitous ππ\pi\pi interactions below 1 GeV and its relation to the QCD vacuum can be clarified.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9905241,
  title  = {Riddle of the scalars: where is the sigma?},
  author = {M. R. Pennington},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9905241},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

20 pages, 12 figures Talk at the Workshop on Hadron Spectroscopy, WHS99, Frascati, March 1999. Revised version has the word "triangles" replaced by "circles"!