Extraction of the strong neutron-proton mass difference from the charge symmetry breaking in pn → dπ0

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作者
Filin, A. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Baru, V. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Epelbaum, E. [1 ,2 ,4 ,5 ]
Haidenbauer, J. [1 ,2 ,6 ]
Hanhart, C. [1 ,2 ,6 ]
Kudryavtsev, A. [3 ]
Meissner, U. -G. [1 ,2 ,4 ,5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] KFA Julich GmbH, Forschungszentrum, Inst Kernphys Theorie, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[2] KFA Julich GmbH, Forschungszentrum, Julich Ctr Hadron Phys, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[3] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
[4] Univ Bonn, Helmholtz Inst Strahlen & Kernphys Theorie, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[5] Univ Bonn, Bethe Ctr Theoret Phys, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[6] KFA Julich GmbH, Forschungszentrum, Inst Adv Simulat, D-52425 Julich, Germany
关键词
CHIRAL PERTURBATION-THEORY; PION-NUCLEON SCATTERING; ISOSPIN VIOLATION; FORCES; QCD; NP;
D O I
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.10.069
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We perform a complete calculation of charge symmetry breaking effects for the reaction pn --> d pi(0) at leading order in chiral perturbation theory. A new leading-order operator is included. From our analysis we extract delta m(N)(str), the strong contribution to the neutron-proton mass difference. The value obtained, delta m(N)(str) = (1.5 +/- 0.8 (exp.) +/- 0.5 (th.)) MeV, is consistent with the result based on the Cottingham sum rule. This agreement provides a non-trivial test of our current understanding of the chiral structure of QCD. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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