Chiral perturbation theory for pentaquark baryons and its applications

P. Ko, Jungil Lee, Taekoon Lee, Jae Hyeon Park

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Abstract

We construct a chiral Lagrangian for pentaquark baryons assuming that the recently found Θ+(1540) state belongs to an antidecuplet of SU(3) flavor symmetry with JP=12±. We derive the Gell-Mann-Okubo formulae for the antidecuplet baryon masses, and a possible mixing between the antidecuplet and the pentaquark octet. Then we calculate the cross sections for π-p→K-Θ+ and γn→K-Θ+ using our chiral Lagrangian. The resulting amplitudes respect the underlying chiral symmetry of QCD correctly. We also describe how to include the light vector mesons in the chiral Lagrangian.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)87-92
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume611
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005 Mar 31

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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