ss¯ Component of the Proton and the Strangeness Magnetic Moment

B. S. Zou and D. O. Riska
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 072001 – Published 11 August 2005

Abstract

A complete analysis is given of the implications of the empirical indications for a positive strangeness magnetic moment μs of the proton on the possible configurations of the uudss¯ component of the proton. A positive value for μs is obtained in the ss¯ configuration where the uuds subsystem is in an orbitally excited state with [4]FS[22]F[22]S flavor-spin symmetry, which is likely to have the lowest energy. The configurations in which the s¯ is orbitally excited, which include the conventional K+Λ0 configuration, with the exception of that in which the uuds component has spin 2, yield negative values for μs. The hidden strangeness analogues of recently proposed quark cluster models for the θ+ pentaquark give differing signs for μs.

  • Received 25 February 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.072001

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

B. S. Zou*

  • Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, P.O. Box 918, Beijing 100049, China

D. O. Riska

  • Helsinki Institute of Physics and Department of Physical Sciences, POB 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

  • *Electronic address: zoubs@ihep.ac.cn
  • Electronic address: riska@pcu.helsinki.fi

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Vol. 95, Iss. 7 — 12 August 2005

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