Published August 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Chiral symmetry breaking and quark masses

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear Research, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

It is shown that knowledge of current and constituent quark masses is important for evaluating meson-nucleon σ-terms. Estimates for these terms are obtained in the generalized Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model and by using the expansion of the isosymmetric πN amplitude near the threshold in the Breit frame. The problem of s-wave pion condensation in nuclear matter and its relation to the pion-nucleon σ-term are considered. 33 refs., 1 tab

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Journal Title
Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1413-1417.
ISSN
1063-7788
CODEN
PANUEO

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Notes
Translated from Yadernaya Fizika; 57: No. 8, 1486-1490(1994).