Chiral multiplets of excited mesons

dc.creatorGlozman, L. Ya.
dc.date2003-12-29
dc.date2004-02-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:29:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:29:02Z
dc.descriptionIt is shown that experimental meson states with spins J=0,1,2,3 in the energy range 1.9 - 2.4 GeV obtained in recent partial wave analysis of proton-antiproton annihilation at LEAR remarkably confirm all predictions of chiral symmetry restoration. Classification of excited $\bar q q$ mesons according to the representations of chiral $U(2)_L \times U(2)_R$ group is performed. There are two important predictions of chiral symmetry restoration in highly excited mesons: (i) physical states must fill out approximately degenerate parity-chiral multiplets; (ii) some of the physical states with the given $I,J^{PC}$ are members of one parity-chiral multiplet, while the other states with the same $I,J^{PC}$ are members of the other parity-chiral multiplet. For example, while some of the excited $ρ(1,1^{--})$ states are systematically degenerate with $a_1(1,1^{++})$ states forming (0,1)+(1,0) chiral multiplets, the other excited $ρ(1,1^{--})$ states are degenerate with $h_1(0,1^{+-})$ states ((1/2,1/2) chiral multiplets). Hence, one of the predictions of chiral symmetry restoration is that the combined amount of $a_1(1,1^{++})$ and $h_1(0,1^{+-})$ states must coincide with the amount of $ρ(1,1^{--})$ states in the chirally restored regime. It is shown that the same rule applies (and experimentally confirmed) to many other meson states.
dc.description14 pages, discussion and conclusion section is largely extended
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0312354
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0312354
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B587:69-77,2004
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.02.066
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177659
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Lattice
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titleChiral multiplets of excited mesons
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