Published July 26, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

A relativistic quark model

  • 1. York Univ., Toronto, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Physics

Description

The variational method is used to derive a relativistic quark model for mesons. The only input is the hamiltonian of quantum chromodynamics augmented by a term which produces instantaneous, linear, scalar confinement. Integral equations are developed which follow from a general variational ansatz which includes transverse gluon degrees of freedom and thus yields all the correct perturbative physics up to order αs4. The model is applied to the heavy quark systems of canti c and banti b where excellent agreement with experiment is obtained. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
244
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
493-496
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA