English

Two-pion exchange nucleon-nucleon potentials with Roper resonance excitation

Nuclear Theory 2026-02-26 v2

Abstract

Motivated by the recent paper arXiv:2602.11815 [nucl-th], we calculate in these notes the spectral functions (i.e. imaginary parts) of the NN-potentials as they arise from 2π2\pi-exchange with single and double Roper resonance excitation. In contrast to the full one-loop calculation, the spectral functions of the isoscalar and isovector central and tensor potentials can be given in simple analytical form. The pertinent momentum-space potentials VC(q),WC(q),VT(q),WT(q)V_C(q), W_C(q), V_T(q), W_T(q) are obtained via subtracted dispersion relations. This representation allows also to include a regulator function, that tames high-momentum components of the chiral 2π2\pi-exchange. The calculation is extended to 2π2\pi-exchange with combined Δ(1232)\Delta(1232)-isobar and Roper resonance excitation.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2602.18664,
  title  = {Two-pion exchange nucleon-nucleon potentials with Roper resonance excitation},
  author = {Norbert Kaiser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18664},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 figure