Published December 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Quark mass and condensate in HQCD

  • 1. Department of Physics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
  • 2. School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978 (Israel)

Description

We extend the Sakai-Sugimoto holographic model of QCD (HQCD) by including the scalar bi-fundamental 'tachyon' field in the 8-brane-anti-8-brane probe theory. We show that this field is responsible both for the spontaneous breaking of the chiral symmetry, and for the generation of (current algebra) quark masses, from the point of view of the bulk theory. As a by-product we show how this leads to the Gell-Mann-Oakes-Renner relation for the pion mass

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
2007
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 037
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39044373
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BRANES; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; CURRENT ALGEBRA; HOLOGRAPHY; PIONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKS; REST MASS; SCALARS; TACHYONS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; MASS; MESONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY