A New QCD Effect: the Shrinking Radius of Hadrons

Authors

Tamar Friedmann, University of RochesterFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2012

Publication Title

Acta Physica Polonica B

Abstract

We propose an extended schematic model for hadrons in which quarks as well as diquarks serve as building blocks. The outcome is a reclassification of the hadron spectrum in which there are no radially excited hadrons: all mesons and baryons previously believed to be radial excitations are orbitally excited states involving diquarks. Also, there are no exotic hadrons: all hadrons previously believed to be exotic are states involving diquarks and are an integral part of the model. We discuss the implications of this result for a new understanding of confinement and its relation to asymptotic freedom, as well as its implications for a novel relation between the size and energy of hadrons, whereby an excited hadron shrinks.

Volume

Suppl. 5

First Page

695

DOI

10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.5.695

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Comments

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Recommended Citation

Friedmann, Tamar, "A New QCD Effect: the Shrinking Radius of Hadrons" (2012). Mathematics and Statistics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/mth_facpubs/66