Published July 10, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Model Independent Tests of Skyrmions and Their Holographic Cousins

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C.P. 66318, 05389-970 Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
  • 2. Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111 (United States)

Description

We describe a new exact relation for large Nc QCD for the long-distance behavior of baryon form factors in the chiral limit. This model-independent relation is used to test the consistency of the structure of several baryon models. All 4D semiclassical chiral soliton models satisfy the relation, as does the Pomarol-Wulzer holographic model of baryons as 5D Skyrmions. However, remarkably, we find that the holographic model treating baryons as instantons in the Sakai-Sugimoto model does not satisfy the relation.

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 022001-022001.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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