Abstract
In the case of three quark flavors, (pseudo)scalar diquarks transform as antiquarks under chiral transformations. We construct four spin- baryonic multiplets from left- and right-handed quarks as well as left- and right-handed diquarks. The fact that two of these multiplets transform in a “mirror” way allows for chirally invariant mass terms. We then embed these baryonic multiplets into the Lagrangian of the so-called extended linear sigma model, which features (pseudo)scalar and (axial-)vector mesons, as well as glueballs. Reducing the Lagrangian to the two-flavor case, we obtain four doublets of nucleonic states. These mix to produce four experimentally observed states with definite parity: the positive-parity nucleon and Roper resonance , as well as the negative-parity resonances and . We determine the parameters of the nucleonic part of the Lagrangian from a fit to masses and decay properties of the aforementioned states. Studying the limit of vanishing quark condensate, we conclude that and , as well as and , form pairs of chiral partners.
- Received 17 November 2015
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.034021
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