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Three-body dynamics of the $a_1(1260)$ resonance from lattice QCD

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2021-12-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Resonant hadronic systems often exhibit a complicated decay pattern in which three-body dynamics play a relevant or even dominant role. In this work we focus on the a1(1260)a_1(1260) resonance. For the first time, the pole position and branching ratios of a three-body resonance are calculated from lattice QCD using one-, two-, and three-meson interpolators and a three-body finite-volume formalism extended to spin and coupled channels. This marks a new milestone for ab-initio studies of ordinary resonances along with hybrid and exotic hadrons involving three-body dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2107.03973,
  title  = {Three-body dynamics of the $a_1(1260)$ resonance from lattice QCD},
  author = {Maxim Mai and Andrei Alexandru and Ruairí Brett and Chris Culver and Michael Döring and Frank X. Lee and Daniel Sadasivan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.03973},
  year   = {2021}
}

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14 pages, 7 figures